Once upon a time I had some leftover salmon. And some ginger. Oh yeah, cilantro, too. Green onion was also there. They invited lime juice over and got together to have a party.
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Creamy Crab Dip with Rosemary & Kalamata Olives
My Medium Boy’s exact words were “Oh my God, this is delicious” when a spoonful of this dip hit his mouth. I’m not sure, but I think he may have liked it.
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Simple Roasted Whole Trout or Salmon
One of life greatest lessons is that if you give a boy a fish, he eats for a day. But if you teach a boy to fish, you’ll have fish guts in your sink and trip over all his fishing rods in the garage.
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Buttery Beer Seafood Bake
I had a bag of mixed seafood in the freezer. Make it two. I had some beer that was still in the bottle and not in my belly. Then I had an idea.
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Cheesy Crab Dip with Artichokes & Greek Peperoncini
It’s the early 90s, Berkeley, Ca. I’m being treated to a nice dinner at Skates On The Bay, a surf-and-turf restaurant literally on the San Francisco Bay. We order the crab and artichoke dip with focaccia bread. I was hooked.
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Greek White Fish Stew
Fresh seafood combined with fresh vegetables simmered in a flavorful broth, topped with a sprinkling of crumbled feta cheese, and that comes together in a jiffy… why yes, I’d like seconds, please!
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Caper & Green Olive Salmon Keftedes
It was on a whim one summer evening a few years ago that I decided to do something with some leftover salmon other than just reheating it. Lo and behold, a new favorite meal was born.
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Green Olive & Caper Stuffed Salmon
Things I love about salmon: flavor, few bones, cheap-ish in whole body form, cooks quickly, leftovers make great salmon cakes. I think that’s a pretty good list.
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Tomato and Seafood Pasta Sauce
In all honesty, I don’t cook seafood as often as I would like to eat it. I really need to work on this.
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Clam Chowder
Portland, Oregon, circa 1981. My parents and I are dining at a swanky hotel restaurant. I order clam chowder and am served something that can only be described as nectar of the gods.
Mostly Greek 