Fried Haddock with Sriracha Coleslaw (Homemade)
Today’s sandwich features a homemade fried haddock fillet, topped with Sriracha coleslaw, and served on a Portuguese roll. Notes: It’s about this time of…
Category: Seafood
Fried Oyster Po’ Boy Sandwiches with Spicy Remoulade
The first time I went to New Orleans, it was my birthday. My twenty-something birthday. I don’t remember which. Malcolm and I were living…
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Copycat “Shrimpin’ Dippin’ Broth”
You like your shrimp with a little extra flavor on it? Then this is the broth recipe you crave for dunking those yummy shrimp!…
Clams Casino
Growing up in Maine, I was used to pretty simple seafood preparations. In Maine (and particularly in the 1980s), most of the clams, mussels,…
Lobster Macaroni & Cheese
I’ve never really been one to fall all over myself at the mere mention of lobster mac and cheese. First, I’m not crazy about…
Lobster Fra Diavolo
I assume you’ve heard the news about lobster. How there was briefly an abundance of it, due to overfishing, which had driven down the price…
Bacon-Wrapped Haddock
The sky was incredibly blue today, and a sea breeze was fluttering the leaves. It was the most glorious day to be in Rockand, Maine. Main…
Mussels with Sausages, Onions and Fennel
This is a pleasing, rustic, one-pan dish that makes a weekday dinner feel like a French party in the country. Have you been to…
Spicy Haddock Fish Cakes
The temperature rose to nearly 60 degrees here today, which is quite unusual for early March in Maine. Then again, it’s been an unusually…
Warm Maine Lobster Dip
There’s something about this lobster dip recipe that has a delightfully 1950s vibe to it. What is that something? It’s cream cheese. Specifically, cream…
Swordfish Puttanesca
Never having cared much for either olives or capers, I was surprised by how much I have been enjoying the local supermarket’s “Tuscan Gorgonzola”…
Linguine with Mussels and Clams
A wader-wearing fisherman steps out smiling from the refrigerated barnlike structure, where haddock and other local fishes are getting sorted and processed, cleaned, scaled and filleted,…
Lobster Roll Recipe
I once read that you can tell when a recipe for a Maine lobster roll has been written by someone From Away, because it…
Atlantic Baja-Style Fish Tacos
We recently received a request from a landlocked friend somewhere in the mysterious Midwest, desperate for a good fish taco recipe. While we have…
Haddock Ragout with Mussels
There was only one cookbook in our kitchen cupboard in my childhood home on Partridge Lane. A whiteplastic, spiralbound Junior Women’s Club collection, with…
Classic Lobster Bisque Recipe
Every Christmas Eve, for as long as I can remember, my family has served lobster bisque. Okay, some years, depending on where we were…
Steamed Mussels With White Wine And Garlic
One of the great things about living in Maine, is that an “economical” dinner can often include steamed lobster, clams, or in this case,…