Archive for the ‘Fish’ Category

I love seafood any time of year, but there is something about summer that makes me crave really fresh and briny shellfish. We recently took a stunningly gorgeous drive to Hog Island Oysters, about 45 minutes from Monte Rio. The twisted road took us through bucolic roads flanked with pastures, to the sunny coastline, and [...]

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This Japanese-inspired dish features my new favorite seafood marinade with great summer seafood. Its easy to prepare and so flavorful. I separated the scallops and shrimp onto different skewers because they cook different lengths of time. I skewered the lemon slices in between every couple pieces of seafood to enhance the lemon flavor. I also [...]

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These burgers were a big hit at this week’s Market Dinner. I used whole planks of beautiful wild salmon, but you could use smaller portions for this recipe. We served it with a creamy coleslaw and some homemade chips, but I enjoyed the leftovers on a bed of greens with an soy-ginger dressing and they [...]

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We are getting settled into our Monte Rio home and are just starting to feel up to entertaining. I made this for our first dinner party in the new digs and it filled the air with warm smells of saffron and comfort. The rouille on the toast adds a spicy depth, but you could also [...]

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Harvest season is nearly over now and it was dampened a bit by some worrisome days of rain over the last couple weeks. Overall, the buzz is that it should be an excellent year for many wines in this region, with a cooler summer which allowed for a longer growing season. This makes the grape [...]

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Summer kicked into high gear this weekend, with long, hot days and beautiful, breezy nights. We were very busy working our way through my New York “bucket list” of things that I want to do before we leave NY for the West Coast. It’s amazing how many things I’ve been meaning to get around to, [...]

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Today is the first day of my new life. I left my sixteen year career corporate career yesterday and, today, am embarking on a new career in “food and wine”. I don’t know exactly what that means but I hope to find out sometime soon, through experimentation and putting myself out there in new and [...]

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This recipe is based on one in the very last issue of Gourmet (sniff…a moment of silence please). The color of the soup is just stunningly vivid and I thought it would make a beautiful soup for a Valentines Day. I topped it with a shrimp salsa and the flavors married perfectly. The original recipe [...]

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