I used to cut a lot of recipes out of newspapers. I know, I know. Nobody under the age of 50 does that anymore. And to be fair, I don't do it anymore either. I've actually never had a subscription in my name to an actual, physical newspaper. I think the last one I clipped was for … [Read more...] about Wild Blueberry Poke Bowl with Nordic Shrimp and Roast Chicken
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Tender Pressure Cooker Calamari with Red Wine-Tomato Sauce (aka a Messy Sunset and How to Clean Squid)
I'm standing at my kitchen counter. Late afternoon light is streaming in through the windows as I take my uncleaned squid tubes and tentacles from the fridge. It was $1 less a pound to buy them uncleaned, with the inky skin, entrails and plastic-like clean quills (it's actually … [Read more...] about Tender Pressure Cooker Calamari with Red Wine-Tomato Sauce (aka a Messy Sunset and How to Clean Squid)
Seared Sustainable Arctic Char with a Garden Salad
I really wish my image uploader was working and you could see this fish and salad meal. Instead, I'm going to describe it to you: Think of light green spinach leaves, peppery arugula, and rippled sacred green basil, freshly pulled from the garden. Add the first tomatoes of the … [Read more...] about Seared Sustainable Arctic Char with a Garden Salad
How to Sear Fish
Searing fish is about breathing. You have to turn the heat to high and place those fillets in enough oil, set a timer for 2 minutes...and then walk away. Just do it. Do something else. Pretend the fish isn't there for a whole two minutes. Smoke is rising, fire alarms might go … [Read more...] about How to Sear Fish
How to Fillet Fish: Re-Making the Soy-Caramel Fish Recipe from Becky Selengut’s “Good Fish”
I made this recipe over Christmas for the first time and loved it. It's from Becky Selengut's sustainable seafood cookbook, Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the Pacific Coast. It's so simple. you just roast a bunch of things. Big pile of cabbage topped with a quarter … [Read more...] about How to Fillet Fish: Re-Making the Soy-Caramel Fish Recipe from Becky Selengut’s “Good Fish”
Roundtable Discussion on Environmental Sustainability with Taras Grescoe, Holly Dressel, and William Marsden
Here's a link to download my radio piece on environmental sustainability (fish, but also larger economic issues) with three Montreal authors: Taras Grescoe ("Bottomfeeder"), Holly Dressel ("More Good News") and William Marsden ("Fools Rule"). The discussion took place at the … [Read more...] about Roundtable Discussion on Environmental Sustainability with Taras Grescoe, Holly Dressel, and William Marsden