24 Oct, 2009
This is express comfort food. Easy, economical and relatively healthy. We cook some version of this soup in our household at least twice a year. A more detailed recipe was posted a couple of years ago, here, but even this version is slightly different. From the freezer into the…
04 Oct, 2009
This dish is just a slight variation of the baked mussels I have featured before, this time using scallops. Everything came from the grocery, and it was dead easy to make. Buy some fresh or in this case, frozen scallops on the half shell. Heat your oven to 400F or…
21 Sep, 2009
Although my first choice of New England coastal seafood festivals would have definitely been the Island Creek Oyster Festival in Duxbury, Massachusetts on September 12, we were roughly two hours drive away, and weren’t assured tickets, so we opted for the Seafood Festival at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire instead. The weather was blustery,…
09 Jan, 2005
Marketman in Hong Kong for a bit of post-holiday relaxation. I like nothing more than to explore street markets or street food in foreign cities. It always fascinates me what locals like to sink their teeth into. Imagine my surprise after two hours in the trenches with my wife and…