seafood, sides, salads and sauces
Blackened Salmon Recipe
I created this recipe last year to honor National Seafood Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I hope you enjoy it as much as Elvis and I did.
Spiny Lobster Taco recipe
When I sent this recipe to my marketing guru/friend, Tori, for a preview, she thought I mis-spelled Spiny for Spicy! I got a chuckle out of it this, and if you're familiar with [...]
Lobster and Summer Corn Salad recipe
I scored late summer corn and fresh tomatoes at the farmers market last week. I made a creamy tarragon lobster salad and a late summer corn salad for dinner the [...]
Mediterranean Pizza recipe
Don't you love pizza? Me, too. I especially love those little pre-made pizza crusts. They're perfect for one, two or served at a tapas-style gathering. Open your refrigerator, pull out a [...]
Smoked Salmon & Bottarga Flat Bread recipe
It is often said that "The road to success is paved with good intentions." I had perfectly good intentions to make a Smoked Salmon Tart for an upcoming party, but [...]
Grouper Recipe Mediterranean-Style
Elvis and I are on a diet. After celebrating my 50th birthday last week, for the entire week, we're taking a break from processed carbs, wine, (yes, yes, a little break), dessert [...]
Cumin-Chipotle Snapper with Tropical Salsa Recipe
Cumin-Dusted Snapper with Tropical Salsa In this part of the world, we eat a lot of snapper. So when the local, sustainable magazine, edible Orlando, asked me to [...]
Pecan-crusted catfish recipe
There is such a thing as incredibly fresh, wild, local and sustainable fish (The latter two are not always the same thing-but that's another post). Not everyone has access to this [...]
Smoked Salmon Tart with asparagus, sun-dried tomato and leeks recipe
Lately I can't seem to eat enough tarts (or galette if you want to be fancy). I baked this smoked salmon tart as a result of my gift from Copper River Salmon [...]
From The Market to the Table: Blackened Swordfish recipe
Fresh Florida swordfish was available at Whole Foods Market and it also happened to be the freshest looking fish in the case. So following my hard and fast rules for buying seafood(keep an [...]
Fresh Scallop Appetizer: Inspiration from Tiny’s and The Bar Upstairs
In my blog series, "Who's In the Kitchen?", I ask the question "What inspires you?" Over the coarse of many interviews, I'm pleasantly surprised to learn that it's not an easy [...]
How to cook on stage like a pro (even though you’re sweating buckets)
Edible Orlando invited me to cook on their stage at the Central Florida Home & Garden Show this past Friday at 6:30. I prepared Cumin-Dusted Snapper with a Tropical Salsa. I [...]
When the Fish is Not the Star on the Plate
Larry loves tilapia. I'm not crazy about it, but I love Larry, and any good marriage needs compromise. So I made Blackened Tilapia for dinner. I served it over creamy, [...]
Royal Red Shrimp Salad
How to make The. Best. Royal Red Shrimp Salad ever! Idk about you but I like when my shrimp is chilled, sweet, and has the perfect snap. No soggy shrimp for this [...]
Pan Seared Swordfish with Fresh Melon-Pepper Salsa
I was invited to the Slow Food Orlando-From Sea to Plate event February 26, 2011 at Cape Canaveral, to help discuss and dissect fresh Florida sustainable seafood. To honor this [...]
