When the wife and I were in Portland, OR at the beginning of the year, we ate dinner at a very well-reviewed ‘Southern’ inspired restaurant called Screen Door. I ordered shrimp and grits for dinner that night and was served easily the best interpretation of that dish I’ve ever had; the shrimp were perfectly cooked [...]
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Seafood Risotto
Taking advantage of one of the best things about living in Boston, the wife and I recently enjoyed a lobster night at home. Not liking the idea of wasting food, I decided to recycle the lobster-boiling water into a shellfish stock. After removing the cooked lobsters from the pot, I kept the pot of water boiling as we [...]
Week 11, Day 2: Shellfish
I’ve always been a big shellfish fan and while I can’t exactly remember the time or the place where I slurped down my first sweet and briny raw oyster or my first fresh-from-the-fryer whole belly clam, I also can’t remember any time where I would respectfully decline any offering of shellfish placed in front of me. This [...]
