Shucking oysters on this early April Friday morning I popped the top shell off a nice plump Wellfleet and I experienced a sight so frightening that my knees buckled...I called my wife who is a photographer and told her to get down to the market —FAST! Looking down on one of thousands of oysters I've shucked in my life, NEVER has one looked back up at me!
We've seen a lot of weird looking creatures over the years here at the market, Monkfish that look like Jabba the Hutt, 6 foot long pacific octopus, giant geoduck clams, monstrous toothy wolfish with a mouth full of molars, but my vote for the wildest looking fish has to go to the John Dory...
All that wonderful, over the top, cheesy, fried, rich, filling Super Bowl grub. Wings, chili, nachos, pigs in a blanket,...
Monahan's Chowdermaster, Bernie Fritzsch, shares a few secrets of making the perfect one-pot dish! As this wonderful Michigan weather puts a chill in our bones, there's nothing like warmin' up to a hot bowl of chowder. And what's a fish market without chowder? It's part of our history and all the credit goes to the people who brought us this hearty dish—the fishermen...It's popular all over the world, spanning many regions and culinary circles and utilizing many diverse ingredients.
Chef Mario Batali says that La Vigilia is "What Italians do when they say they're fasting," which is kind of hysterical because this penitential fasting tradition has been turned into a major feast. For those of us who were born into less delicious culinary traditions, there's no reason that we can't have some fun and try our own feast of the seven fishes on Christmas Eve.
Last April we posted an article about salt cod (bacalao). The holidays are approaching and salt cod is one of...
In 1621 the Plymouth colonists learned a lot about surviving in the new world from the Wampanoag tribe. They were...
Every year, at the beginning of October, family fishing season starts for the locals on Nantucket Island for one of...
The royal, regal and mighty striped bass has an important history in our country that goes back to colonial times....
Wow. Sitting on my deck, the first week of September. It’s pleasantly cool, the crickets are still in full chorus...
