An Easy Tuna Tartare Or Steak Tartare Recipe

If you’re looking for a fine-dining restaurant in the heart of South Beach or in Cleveland, check out Red, The Steakhouse. The menu is loaded with steakhouse specialties (look here if you want to develop an appetite). They kindly shared their recipes for Tuna Tartare and Steak Tartare with us. These are two dishes we…
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PRODUCT: StarKist Tuna Pouches To Help Wounded Warriors

StarKist has joined forces with the Wounded Warrior Project, pledging $100,000 to support our nation’s wounded service members and their families. To rally shoppers to support the Wounded Warrior Project, StarKist has introduced an “Outdoors” Tuna Creations Pouch with a camouflage-inspired design (photo below), available through the end of 2015. The celebratory pouches are available…
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FOOD 101: Ceviche Vs. Tiradito & The History

When you live in a ceviche culture, what do you do for something new? Ceviche, raw seafood marinated in lime juice with onions and other vegetables, is the national dish of Peru—and our favorite food. But what’s tiradito? Here, ceviche vs. tiradito and a brief history of them. While the variations in ceviche recipes seem…
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EVENT: Oyster Frenzy

Belon oysters from Maine. Photo courtesy J.P. Shellfish.   What’s shucking in your town? In ours, New York City, we’re in the middle of New York Oyster Week—actually two weeks of oyster-centric events, from September 11th through September 28th. Once, in the waters surrounding us, oysters were so plentiful that anyone could enjoy as much…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make It A Trio

Once upon a time there was a magical restaurant in Wheeling, Illinois, Le Français, the creation of chef-owner Jean Banchet. There, among other glories, we were first introduced to the “trio” approach he brought from his classic French training: Whatever protein you hungered for—beef, duck, seafood, veal—would be served in three different preparations on one…
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