Crabfest City!

Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 4:19 | Category : Fish/Shellfish
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I am shocked. Just utterly beffuddled. People who live in the greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area… perhaps all 6 something million of them, don’t know about dungeness crab! I only had two of them over last night (the other is a transplant from Detroit) but they have all 3 [...]

Over Promised…Under Delivered

Monday, 1 December 2008, 4:40 | Category : Fish/Shellfish
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In June I had a Barbeque with a bunch of friends. I love cooking for other people and I am pretty good on the grill. One of my friends is a vegetarian so I went to the store in a frantic search for something that I could grill just for him.
There were the typical [...]

Dr. It UP! Boil, Clean and Crack Crab

Saturday, 22 November 2008, 19:15 | Category : Fish/Shellfish
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The other day I wrote about my crab addiction, and I promised I would show you how I cook, clean, and crack a live Dungeness Crab. Well, here it is!

Crab and the Seven Deadly Sins

Friday, 14 November 2008, 6:33 | Category : Fish/Shellfish
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I am convinced that, one day, Fresh Dungeness Crab will be my ticket to hell… Really.
I was raised to believe in the Seven Deadly Sins, (a fallen Catholic, if you will) and have come to the conclusion that my personal Chariot to those fiery depths will be teathered to multiple crabs, side-stepping their way [...]

Cooking with Carlos Manriques

Wednesday, 12 November 2008, 6:11 | Category : Chicken/Poultry Recipes, Fish/Shellfish, Sauces
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Ok… I have thought about this post all day. Carlos and I cooked (OK - so mostly I washed the dishes) for 2 hours or more (with breaks of course), and made an incredible meal. One that I would not post on this website had I only read about it, because the ingredients and techniques [...]

Clam Chowder… It’s My Birthday!

Friday, 7 November 2008, 7:45 | Category : Fish/Shellfish, Soup Recipes
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Ok, this will be a shorter post simply because it’s late and I can’t fit everything into my day that I want to.
For my birthday today, I got a new laptop, and I am soooo freaking excited to be typing while sitting in the living room, with other people, leaning back, feet up in a [...]

The “Asian” Store

Monday, 20 October 2008, 1:51 | Category : Fish/Shellfish, World Recipes
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Tonight I am having one of those dishes that you crave for a week but you are out of an ingredient, or there is a special ingredient that you have to go to a special store to get… and the store isn’t on the way to, or even remotely close to, anything in your world… [...]