Thai Coconut Salmon Chowder recipe
How often do you create recipes based on one ingredient? I have a habit of doing just that. Get this, I was craving toasted coconut, and knew that if I [...]
Buying fresh and sustainable seafood
Is the seafood in your market fresh and sustainable? I used to worry if the seafood at the fish counter was sustainable. But now? I just worry about its freshness. Since [...]
Shrimp Boil and Four Reasons to Eat Gulf White Shrimp
You know the saying, "Less is more," right? Like so many things in life, this saying also applies to boiling shrimp. To begin the "Less is More" Boiled Shrimp, you'll need to start with a [...]
Get Hooked on Seafood for Lent
Seafood is a hot topic. Think sustainability, farmed vs. wild, mercury levels, small fish vs. large fish, color coded eco-labels, country of origin, genetically modified and more. It's enough to make your head [...]
Seafood 101: How to identify sustainable seafood at the market
Global fisheries have many responsibilities and its functions are diverse and complicated. While its primary function is to manage fish stocks, it also works with others to bring freshest, sustainable [...]
Mussels with Leeks & Chives Recipe
A few years ago, I bought and sold fresh Prince Edward Island mussels* when I worked for a wholesale seafood company in Orlando. Not just a few pounds, but literally thousands and thousands [...]
Fresh Mussels 101
This past weekend, with temperatures akin to Florida weather, not Kentucky, Elvis and I drove north to Evansville, IN. We needed to escape HummingBird Hills, Reagan, (we really love him, but [...]
Scallops 3 ways
Living in Western Kentucky has a few drawbacks for a seafood diva like me. Don't get me wrong, I like it here and I make the most of my situation. [...]
Fast & Spicy Halibut Recipe
I'm partial to preparing and cooking my own seafood recipes, after all, I'm working on my own seafood cookbook. There are times, like last night, I want to cook someone else's seafood recipe. [...]
Catch of the Year: 2011 in Review
SeafoodladyOrlando is not a typical food blog. While I share the same passions as other food bloggers, I differ in that I dish about the love of seafood and other fishy business. For instance, seafood topics, [...]
Fish on Friday-Alaska Seafood Cioppino
Photo and recipe courtesy and property of Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute creates a catchy new App, CookItFrozen
(All photos, slogans and recipes property of Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute.) Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute created a fish-tastic new App for their CookItFrozen program. Stay tuned as I dish about this [...]
DNA testing is on the front burner to detect seafood fraud
You know that DNA is used to fight crime, right? But did you know the same DNA testing techniques are used to fight seafood fraud, mis-labeling and species substitution? One of my first blog [...]
Sustainable Seafood: One Species at a Time-Tackling Tuna
It’s not easy to dish tuna in today’s eco-conscious, sustainable seafood world. But I’m going to tackle it today. Some questions you might have include, Is fresh tuna safe to eat? [...]
