From Sea to Shining Seafood Lasagna

This is rich. It’s like macaroni and cheese comfort food times 100. It feeds a house full and you can count on leftovers. If you love seafood, then you want to reel this recipe in. It’s not cheap either, so you are gonna want to have this on a special occasion. This is also a…

Shucking Apalachicola Bay Oysters

More plump, meaty, succulent and mellow than other oysters, these Gulf of Mexico mollusks AKA Apalachicola Oysters slide down nice and easy. Last night’s meal (an invitation to dinner) was a slammin’ oyster feast-shucking and sucking. I’m not much on the slippery slope of oysters, but I did have one with a cracker and butter….

The trinity Menu- Fish, Mushrooms and Sour Cream

I love this picture taken by a friend of mine. Check out the name of the fish place-Pike Place Fish. My husband and son took a fishing trip last year to Canada where they fished for Pike. My son said it was the best fishing trip ever. You gotta love making a memory like that….

My Black and Red Fish by Two Dashes of Sevillity

Summer cooking these days is hotter that ever. But not in the way you think. I hate cooking when it’s hot outside-feeling drained before I get in the house after working all day. All I want is the couch and a nice cool drink which is usually a BIG GLASS OF ICE WATER-perfect. If I’m…

Under the Sea

“Do not overcook this dish. Most seafoods…should be simply threatened with heat and then celebrated with joy.” Jeff Smith (The Frugal Gourmet) This week’s menu, alas, is Seafood. I wonder if this is what the Eskimo mom says when she plans her weekly meals?  “Kids, it’s boiled seal or fried whale, again, for dinner tonight.”…

PAELLA!-A Spectacular Rice Dish!

Enter the world of Paella. Not in the kitchen- no way. It’s on the deck for grill, baby grill and my man did just that! He is the “Paella maestro.” “It’s the most wonderful dish of the year!” Lots of love and labor went into birthing this baby. The real Valencian folks  might appreciate the…