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Tag Archives: Seafood
Fish Stew With Radicchio-Fennel Salad and Granita
No matter what ingredients you use, this bold, briny stew from David Tanis sings alongside a radicchio-fennel salad and a grapefruit granita.
Restaurant Review: Shion 69 Leonard Street
The chef Shion Uino displays a rare, untheatrical mastery of seafood at his new $420-a-head restaurant in TriBeCa.
The Humble Beginnings of Today’s Culinary Delicacies
Many of our most revered dishes were perfected by those in need, then co-opted by the affluent. Is that populism at play, or just the abuse of power?
The Crispiest, Lightest Shrimp Cakes
What’s the secret? It’s using pulverized rice cakes as a binder, Melissa Clark writes.
The Sunday Read: ‘The Untold Story of Sushi in America’
How a controversial religion from Korea quietly built an empire of raw fish.
Restaurant Review: Dame in Greenwich Village
With exceptional fish and chips, the chef Ed Szymanski turned a pandemic pop-up into a postpandemic destination.
Chuck Bundrant, Pacific Fisheries’ ‘Henry Ford,’ Dies at 79
In 1961 he arrived in Seattle with no job, no skills and $80. Over the next 60 years, he built a seafood empire and transformed the industry.
Fried Oysters Are Delicious. They’re Even Better at Home.
They’re a seafood-shack favorite, but making them yourself can be an almost fine-dining experience.
The Perfect Dinner for Two
Cooking for someone else can be the purest form of connection.
California Sea Urchin Are Destroying Coastal Kelp Forests
The spiny creatures have destroyed nearly all of California’s kelp forests, what marine biologists call “the lungs of the ocean.”
Lemons and Roasted Fish: A Delightful Weeknight Dinner
These roasted fillets in sizzling brown butter are zipped up with nori oil, capers and, of course, plenty of lemon.
Plant-Based ‘Fish’ Is Here (and Lab-Grown Versions Are Coming)
Sophisticated, plant-based alternatives that mimic seafood are cropping up at restaurants and grocery stores around the world. And “cultivated” seafood, grown in labs from real cells, is on the horizon.
Why Lawsuits Over ‘Misleading’ Food Labels Are Surging
A flurry of litigation by advocacy groups seeks to combat what they say is a rise in deceptive marketing by food giants.
Even the Worst Summer Can Be the Best Summer
Sometimes, what’s most important becomes clear only with the passage of time.
For a Late-Summer Gathering, Try This Spin on a Salade Niçoise
Fanny Singer takes some liberties with her version of the classic dish, going so far as to include lettuce.
Porgy: Sustainable, Cheap and Delicious on the Grill
Porgies deserve more attention. Chefs love them and you will, too.
Citing Forced Labor, U.S. Blocks Fishing Boat From Fiji
The action was part of a larger Customs crackdown. Officials said the operators withheld workers’ wages, kept their identity documents and subjected them to debt bondage — essentially enslaving them.
Why Migraine Sufferers May Want to Eat More Fish
A diet high in omega-3s, the fats found in fish, and low in omega-6s, found in many vegetable oils, led to fewer headaches.
Can You Develop Food Allergies at Any Age?
Preliminary data from a large, new national study suggests that over half of American adults with a food allergy developed it after age 18.
What You Don’t Know About Food Allergies
Pollen-food reactions, adult onset symptoms and cross reactivity are just some of the surprising ways our bodies respond to food.
The Taste of Summer
An old-school French recipe for a classic American fish: fluke.
Oyster Farmers Who Feared Going Broke Brace for Summer Boom
When restaurants closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the nationwide market for oysters cratered. That’s not the end of the story.
Consider the $34 Lobster Roll
The pandemic has exacerbated a price spike in the iconic New England summer sandwich.
A Dinner Anchored by Salmon, and Worth Celebrating
For a light, celebratory meal, David Tanis looks to wild fish, arugula, spring vegetables, and, for dessert, pistachios and strawberries.
Why the Filet-O-Fish Is My Gold Standard for Fast Food
The sandwich was an attempt to market McDonald’s to as many people as possible. Growing up Chinese-American, I felt as if it were made just for me.
A Crawfish Feast Where the South Meets Southeast Asia
Spring is turning into a comeback season at Crawfish & Noodles, a Houston restaurant famed for the Viet-Cajun style that has spread around the country.
The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week
An augmented reality app, Maggie Lee’s latest installation — and more.
A Stew That Captures the Essence of the Sea
A vibrant seafood stew, moqueca invigorates holiday menus and everyday meals alike.
This Passover Recipe Tells the Story of a Family Tree
A wide-reaching family’s interpretations of a Moroccan Jewish recipe reflects their history.
For Some Scottish Seafood Businesses, Brexit Could Be a Death Knell
Daunting new paperwork could cause border delays that would ruin entire shipments — and their businesses.
A Miami Market Where the Fish Fly
Plaza Seafood is a hub of sounds, sustenance and a sense of community that are more in demand than ever during the pandemic.
A Shrimp Creole for Our Times
The dish revels in improvisation, making it perfect for these tumultuous, unpredictable months.
The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu
Eating has been a perilous act for most of human history, but Western diners have lately become that much more obsessed with the idea that our meals might destroy us.
Weary of Cooking? This Simple Dinner Will Invigorate
A fine dinner need not be complicated, nor relegated to the weekend, as David Tanis’s Mediterranean-inspired menu proves.
A Solution to Pandemic Hunger, Eyeballs and All
A Maori community center in New Zealand is distributing bags of donated fish heads to families in need. But it’s more than just charity; it’s a model for reducing food waste.
Twice the Cooking, but Boundless Flavor
Buttery swordfish pairs with eggplant that’s been broiled, then simmered until it collapses in a velvety heap in this sophisticated weeknight dinner.
Treasured Recipes From Some of Italy’s Fashion Families
As we continue to eat mostly at home, these storied designers offer some late-summer culinary inspiration.
A Rhode Islander Reconciles Herself to Calamari
Sure, other states might have squid — but do they have this much of it?
The DNC Roll Call That Officially Named Joe Biden the Democratic Presidential Nominee
At the pandemic-altered convention, the usually dull roll call became a travelogue of American diversity and comeback squid.
A Summer Lunch That Feels Like a Splurge
A lobster salad doesn’t have to be relegated to special occasions, David Tanis argues.
A Harlem Restaurant That’s Withstood Gentrification, a Pandemic and Time
Long lines are still forming at Famous Fish Market, a Black-owned business that’s been in the same family for nearly 50 years.
How Covid-19 Is Threatening Alaska’s Wild Salmon Fishing Season
A Brooklyn winemaker travels north to Bristol Bay each summer to net the red salmon that support his family. This year he’s faced with a tough ethical and economic choice.
Coronavirus Fears in China Find a New Target: Salmon
Suppliers and restaurants are scrambling after an outbreak in Beijing triggered fears that salmon may have spread it. Officials later absolved the fish of blame, but consumers are avoiding it anyway.
A Weeknight Salmon That Feels Like a Dinner Party
Miso-infused rice and ginger-scallion vinaigrette round out this adaptable dinner, ready in 30 minutes.
Tinned Fish, Three Ways
Anchovy crostini, tuna-stuffed peppers, canned clam pasta: Eat them separately, or, do as David Tanis does, and make them a whole meal.
You’ll Put This on Everything
Sweet, salty, intensely citrusy and pleasingly tart, lemon goop amplifies any dish.
For This Tribe, Saving a River Means Saving the Sturgeon
The Yakama Nation has been raising fish to release back into the Columbia River for more than a decade. Now, its hatchery is also producing caviar.
A Hotelier’s Spicy Fish Stew
As she prepares to embark on a new chapter, Liz Lambert has rediscovered the joy of sharing food with her family.
Thousands Are Headed to Alaska’s Fishing Towns. So Is the Coronavirus.
As the famed Copper River salmon season begins, isolated fishing towns are bracing for an influx of workers and their first brush with the coronavirus.