I got a package of frozen skate cheeks from Red’s Best a while back, and now is the time to try them out. I’ve had skate wings plenty of times, same with cod cheeks, but never skate cheeks. Honestly, I didn’t know skate had cheeks. That was part of the allure when I ordered them…
Category: Choosing Seafood
Pemaquid Rope-Cultured Mussels From Maine
Pemaquid Mussel Farms is a Maine company that specializes in cultured, rope-grown mussels. Their mussels are known for a very high meat-to-shell ratio.
Cod Livornese Style Thanks To Iceland Catch
For my second look at Iceland Catch I’ll be reviewing the Cod Fillet Portions they sent me recently. I asked around some of my family members and friends, most of them involved someway with our local fishing industry and they fall into two camps: Either they like haddock much better than cod, or they can’t…
A Look At Haddock Fillets From Iceland Catch
I was contacted by an Iceland Catch representative who invited me to review their products. They sent me two packages, one of haddock the other cod, so I could see for myself what sets their fish apart.
Great Flounder From Red’s Best Is No Fluke – Except When It’s Fluke!
I’m opening up another package from my Red’s Best shipment. This time it’s summer flounder, better known as fluke where I’m from.
Black Sea Bass From Red’s Best Of Boston
Red’s Best was selling frozen one-pound bags of black sea bass for $18. Now it was time to break out a thawed package from Black Sea Bass from Red’s Best for a weeknight dinner.
Buying Seafood Online Is Easy From Red’s Best
Red’s Best partners New England’s commercial fisherman with technology that allows for full traceability of the catch.
Cusk Is A Local And Inexpensive Cod Cousin
As part of National Seafood Month, I decided to try a local, but new fish to me. I grabbed 2 pounds of local cusk from Fisherman’s Wharf Gloucester.
Gloucester-Caught Bluefin Tuna: Wicked Good!
The other day I got a notice on Facebook that Steve Connolly Seafoods in Gloucester had local bluefin tuna. It’s been a while since I’ve been down to Connolly’s wharf and far too long since I had bluefin tuna. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I ever cooked bluefin even though I’ve been…
Steamers And Stuffies: Local Clams Are The Best Clams!
Around here, summer means shellfish and recently I had two great dinners featuring our locally harvested clams. Soft shell steamers one night, and delicious stuffed clams another is not a bad way to start what will be a very different summer. Alden Burnham, like his father Harold Burnham, is a man of many talents: Schoolteacher,…