RECIPE: Beyond Shrimp & Grits, Make Cajun Seafood & Grits

January 22nd is National Southern Food Day, Southern Food Heritage Day is October 11th. On both days we turn to one of our favorite dishes from Charleston, South Carolina: Shrimp & Grits. Why didn’t we ever think to make it a seafood medley: shrimp plus crab meat, fish, even scallops? Leave it to a restaurateur,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Poach Your Proteins

[1] Poaching salmon is the easiest way to enjoy moist, tender fish, without cooking fish aromas. Here’s a recipe from Cooking Light. [2] Our favorite way to make beef tenderloin is to poach it. Here’s a recipe from Martha Stewart. [3] If you make chicken in a pot, or chicken soup with pieces of chicken,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Summer Marinades For Fish

Top and Center: Fish, especially fillets, is delicate and thus easier to break and fall through the grates, unlike meats. The solution: a grill basket or grill pan, like these from Williams-Sonoma. Bottom: A different type of grilling basket from Sur La Table.   Summer begins today, officially at 6:34 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. It’s…
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TIP OF THE DAY: 5 Healthy Foods To Integrate Into your Diet

We don’t want National Nutriton Month (March) to roll away without sharing some healthy food recommendations. Whole grains are one of our favorite easy switches and there are lists and lists of others. These five foods were nominated by Healthy Steps by Jokari. They’re easy to integrate into your diet. Walnuts. A rich source of…
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Farmed Vs. Wild Salmon: Watch Out For Farmed & Norwegian Salmon

[1] A salmon farm (photo © Monterey Bay Aquarium). [2] Raw salmon fillet (photo © Sitka Salmon Shares).   Wild salmon and other fish are more costly, but farmed fish is controversial for numerous reasons. One is that they are threatening the wild salmon population. There are concerns that in another generation, there may be…
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