No matter where or how hard you look, you will not find a fresh shrimp anywhere in Rhode Island.Lobster? Yes. Scallops? Of course. Clams? Dig them yourself, on the beach. Shrimp? Nope, not a one.New England may be famous for its shellfish, but our waters are too cold for shrimp......

Irishman The Healthy by Chef Gavan Murphy Steamed Mussels and Clams with Fresh Tomatoes and Thyme I love March for many reasons. It’s the beginning of Spring, I’ll be turning 27 again and the ultimate reason—St. Paddy’s Day arrives!  Most people will be drinking their meals that day bu...

1. Nobu's black cod Serves 1 250g fillet black cod800g Nobu-style Saikyo miso1 stalk hajikami (pickled ginger stem) Black cod is available at Japanese supermarkets. You can also use sea bass or a very thick fillet of cod. Marinate each fillet in miso. Preheat the grill to 200°C. Wipe away any ex...

Cape Cod Times: Experts at a symposium on climate change testified yesterday to a number of scenarios that could strike Massachusetts as oceans rise and warm, but one stood out. The ocean is absorbing carbon from the atmosphere, which combines with sea water to form an acid. With the world pumping c...

I can clearly remember the first time I was struck by the genius of combining shellfish with pork. It was in a little Portuguese restaurant in west London, which is sadly no longer there. I had porco à alentejana - clams with salt pork, or thereabouts. It's one of those culinary revelations w...

A colorful, supremely clammy and somewhat less soupy dish than other chowders....

Oysters! Yeah! Or Oysters! Yuck! So which are you? There are few foods that inspire such a passionately unequivocal response, on both sides. Oysters are the gourmet's Marmite. Some worship, while others revile. Woody Allen, for example, has very clear opinions on the bivalve: "I will not eat oysters...

Keeping the mussels fresh is the only hard part about cooking them....

The traditional soup made with halaan (clams) and malunggay leaves (Moringa oleifera) cooked Thai style. I loved the Thai mussel soup with coconut milk so much that I decided to make clam soup version. And that was after learning from the house helpers that back in their hometown in Zamboanga, malun...

Those days of having a snack of raw oysters at the beach are pretty much gone.  You should also think carefully about consuming raw shellfish at your favorite eatery.The soft bodies of these filter feeders can... read more...