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26 Jun

Crustacean Crush

Posted by Lynn in Local Food, Nostalgia, Recipes, Seafood. Tagged: Crab Cocktail, Dungeness Crab. Leave a comment

I lived on the East Coast for seven years, but I never really fell for lobster or lobster rolls. They’re good, particularly in Maine, along the coast, but they just never made me swoon. It’s not just a West Coast bias – I still dream of the fried clams on Cape Cod, for instance.

But when it comes to crustaceans, I am a Dungeness crab-girl. It’s a treat I will forever associate with trips to the beach as a kid, and the taste of the summer. The Washington coast Dungeness season typically runs from December through September.

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13 Jan

Salad Days and Sustainable Seafood

Posted by Lynn in Local Food, Narrative, Seafood. Tagged: Lemon Shallot Shrimp Salad, Shrimp, Sustainable Seafood. 1 comment

Recipe: Lemon Shallot Shrimp Salad

Sometimes, nothing beats a salad for dinner; on hot days, in August for instance. Or in January. I love roast chicken, tagines, chili, lasagna and cheese, all the typical comfort foods as much as anyone – more, probably. But I take comfort in salad, too.

We’re lucky here in the Puget Sound. Greens grow abundantly pretty much all year round. Last week I came home from the farmers market with a huge bag of arugula and bundles of kale and rainbow chard.

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