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Roast Snapper with Spring Vegetables

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Because the seafood at my local grocery store is often either too old, or too expensive I don’t buy a lot of fish. I do swing by the seafood counter between the produce and the cheese though because every now and then, they have something truly special. Today was one of those days. They had [...]

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Hirame no Mushiyaki (steamed flounder)

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The other day, Peter from Kalofagas did a delicious looking Grouper En Papillote. It reminded me of a Japanese dish with a similar preparation called Mushiyaki (pronounced moo-shi-yah-kee) which translates to “steam grilled”. Traditionally wrapped in bamboo leaves and grilled over coals, this isn’t one of those recent transplants. Since I don’t have a bamboo [...]

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Fish n’ Chips with Curry Sauce

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Before you start thinking that this blog has turned into a golden arches franchise I should explain the recent streak of deep fried food. I hardly ever deep fry food, so when I do, I like to get the most out of the oil. Since I’d used half a bottle of oil for the chicken [...]

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Simmered Saury and Daikon (Sanma No Nitsuke)

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If you haven’t noticed I’ve been on a bit of a meat kick lately. I wanted to balance things out a bit so I made this nitsuke with some Sanma I had in the freezer. Sanma or Pacific Saury is a long needle nosed fish with a shiny blue-tinted skin which puts it in a [...]

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Smoked trout and buckwheat rolls

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On the way to the Union Square farmers market yesterday I was met with a downpour of torrential rain. Rather than wait in the steamy subway station I decided to make a run for the Barnes & Noble at the north end of the square. By the time I made it across the street to [...]

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Steamed Curry Fish Cakes in Cucumber Water

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This is another one of those weird ideas that came to me in a day dream about food. When I get these ideas I send them to myself by email so I don’t forget them, then when I have a bit of time (or the right ingredients) I can give it a go. It’s been [...]

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Slow roasted whole snapper

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After my success with a slow roasted sockeye fillet, I decided to apply the technique to a whole fish. This is one of those dishes that is very impressive looking and yet requires almost no work at all. The perfect dish for a dinner party. If you get the fish monger to clean and scale [...]

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Slow roasted salmon with peanut curry sauce and snap pea slaw

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When it comes to seafood, common knowledge tells us to cook it hot and fast, so when I saw slow roasted Steelhead on the menu at the Painted Lady in Newberg Oregon, I was skeptical. I guess curiosity won over my skepticism because I ordered it. The dish as a whole was a disaster. There [...]

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