From the category archives:

Fish

Boiled Shrimp and Cocktail Sauce

August 2, 2010

Southern-Style Boiled Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce

By the time you read this, I should be in the air somewhere between Tortola and Greensboro, North Carolina. I’m going home to spend some time with my folks and pick up Audrey from camp. I’m not sure when I’ll next have internet access so I’m experimenting with the advance scheduling feature on my site. Here’s hoping it works!

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Bourdain, Bones and a Fish Head Curry

June 16, 2010

I’ve always had a thing for the bad boys. You know the type - mad, bad, dangerous to know. I like a man who works hard and plays harder. I’m not afraid of dirty fingernails or a dirty mind. A man who can’t curse is no man at all. Of course, under the bad boy exterior, I do expect [...]

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At the Market

May 12, 2010

Grocery shopping on a small island can be hit or miss at times. I learned long ago that menus and shopping lists are only rough drafts. Keep your plans flexible until you hit the shops and see what’s on offer. Otherwise, disappointment looms. Instead of planning for tagliatelle with a pork and mushroom ragu, try for pasta with [...]

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Kebabs on the Grill

October 25, 2009

Are you smarter than a sixth grader? I, apparently, am not. I do not know how abiotic factors affect biotic factors. I cannot explain estimation strategies used to determine reasonableness of solutions to real world problems. In fact, I cannot estimate at all. Whatever happened to long division? I’m definitely not smart enough for sixth grade.

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Quick and Easy Shrimp

October 1, 2009

I always like to have a few dishes like this shrimp in coconut oil in my repertoire. Quick, easy, delicious, pretty. And made from pantry ingredients I always have on hand. Or almost always. We’re rarely without a bag of shrimp in the freezer. Who doesn’t have black pepper? And the curry plant in our garden reproduces with rabbit-like speed. Anyone need a curry [...]

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Grilled Pot Fish and Fried Plantain

June 25, 2009

The last time I saw an old wife or a grunt I was snorkeling. Until this weekend, when I found them both at the BVI Fisheries Department fish market. I was looking for a snapper to put on the grill but, as we say in the islands, “snapper finish.” I looked over the mostly unfamiliar pot fish on offer and didn’t know what [...]

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