Apartment Therapy: Seafood products

Quick Rewards: Steamed Mussels for Dinner

For a dish that's fast, easy, and luxurious, you really can't beat a bowl of steamed mussels. They can be dinner for one (our preferred option!) or an appetizer for a crowd. Either way, fridge to tabl...

How to Buy, Clean, and Cook Scallops

Scallops are like the candy of the sea: we're always in the mood for them and we can always have just one more! They used to be a special treat that we only had when eating out, but then we discovered...

The Strangest Food I Ever Ate: Octopus Terrine

I'm no Anthony Bourdain who goes seeking out the most bizarre and flashy food experiences possible, but if you put it in front of me, I'll try anything once. Tongue salami, sure. Dry-aged beef, defini...

My Edible Escape: A Bowl of Mussels

I grew up in Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois - in short, corn country. Serious corn country. I didn't see the ocean until I was 10 and didn't eat much fresh seafood until I moved to Boston in my 20's. A...

Strut That Sustainable Sockeye (With Recipe)
Guest Post from Clare Leschin-Hoar

Sometimes doing the right thing is just a matter of being aware of what’s going on around you — especially when it comes to the fish we like to eat. We gave up eating farmed-raised salmon year...

What's the Deal with P.E.I. Mussels?

Mark Bittman brought up the issue of P.E.I. mussels on his blog a few weeks ago and it got us thinking about this particular shellfish. We often see P.E.I. mussels proudly displayed at seafood counter...

Southern Food Nostalgia: Faulkner's Salmon Croquettes

Growing up in a Southern town that wasn't exactly near the ocean, we didn't eat much fresh seafood. Salmon was one thing that frequently came out of a can, and it was made into salmon croquettes—cri...

Ingredient Spotlight: Salt Cod

Called baccala in Italy, bacalao in Spain, and klippfisk in Scandinavia, salt cod has been a cooking staple in world cuisines for hundreds of years. Here in the United States, if you didn't grow up ea...

What's the Difference? Little Neck, Cherry Stone, Top Neck, and Quahog Clams

Actually, it might be more fun to ask what these all have in common (besides being mollusks, of course!). Can you guess?...

Living the DIY Wedding: Smoked Fish and a Woven Mat of Leeks

I cooked all the food for my own wedding (50 attendees) a couple of weeks ago. Well, I didn't cook everything. I bought 25 pounds of smoked fish from Acme Smoked Fish in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They smo...

Good Food with Evan Kleiman: Geoduck Clams

There's abalone. And then there's the geoduck. On Good Food this past week, Evan Kleiman had a captivating (and a bit giggle-filled) interview with filmmaker Justin Bookey on his documentary, 3 Feet ...

Recipe: Linguine with Mussels and Dandelion Greens

For some reason we often find ourselves shying away from the seafood section at the grocery store. Particularly with shellfish, there's an intimidation factor that just isn't there with chicken or ste...

Company Spotlight: Kona Blue Water Farms

Personally, we think that sushi is pretty fantastic stuff, and apparently so a lot of people since its popularity worldwide has grown exponentially in the last decade. In fact, did you know that it's ...

Another Reason Not to Eat Tuna?

It keeps happening: discoveries like the one reported on the front page of today's New York Times (High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi) keep telling us that eating tuna just isn't a great idea...

Fish on Fridays: Mackerel

Mackerel rates highly on all of the sustainable seafood websites because it seems to have bounced back from being over-fished in the 70s and 80s. It now is available in abundance, thanks to prolific ...

Fish on Fridays: Littleneck Clams

I love a good clam. I know it's really summer when we're out by the grill, tossing clams over the coals and dipping them in a ramekin of butter kept warm on the side. And isn't it nice to know that ...

A Visit to Acme Smoked Fish

What's that smell? It's Greenpoint, Brooklyn, of course. In yesterday's New York Times Sunday Magazine, there was a wonderful article by Matt and Ted Lee about the Acme Smoked Fish factory in Green...

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