Lobster stew, in all its simplicity, is a total celebration, a glamor dish reserved for Christmas Eve or for special guests arriving from away who want their first taste of…
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Not everyone in Maine celebrates the year-end holidays with lobster, but in my family, my mother considered a bright red lobster a proper commemoration of the feast, whether Christmas or New Year’s.…
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I found butterfish in my local fish market, Jess’s Market in Rockland, Maine—a fine source for fresh seafood as well as solid information about where it comes from and how to cook…
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The fish monger and the chef both refer to this as “dirty” squid, meaning it hasn’t been cleaned and still has its grayish-purplish outer skin, which gives it tremendous flavor, much nicer than…
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Shad Running in Spring Rivers We talk a lot about eating seasonally, but truth to tell, there’s not a whole lot of seasonal things left in the food world, as a visit to…
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Fish Chowder for Supper The vegetarian part of the family was coming home from three weeks in India—arriving late at night after a flight from Delhi to London to Boston, then the bus…