Blog About Seafood (Archive)

Some might consider it a condiment, but one of my absolute favorite foods is salsa.  You know those people who gently dip the itty-bitty corner of their chip in the salsa dish?  I don’t understand those people.  I am the type to wipe out half the salsa with one chip plunge.  Unfortunately, salsa and chips isn’t the most well rounded meal (though I love it as a snack), but fortunately, there are many other uses for

Today I got my favorite piece of monthly mail – the Tufts Health and Nutrition Letter.  Put together by my alma mater, the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, this newsletter somehow manages to be overflowing with science-based information, yet remain easy to understand.  The takeaway of each interestingly-written nutrition blurb is clear and useful.  For a taste of the Letter’s style, you can visit their

My Mimi (grandma) sometimes sends newspaper clippings that remind her of me.  A recent letter contained this full page spread devoted to ramen noodles making a comeback.  Growing up, ramen noodles (with cheddar cheese on top, to boot!) were my go-to afterschool snack for a solid six years.  Though I’ve cut back since then…and switched brands to the steam-cooked rice noodle variety…and usually

I was recently traveling by air, and happened across a handy little sushi guide in the airline’s magazine (which I promptly ripped out and tucked in my purse).  Today I see my article theft was totally unnecessary, because the same guide is available online.  A few things worth noting –

1) Proper sushi etiquette dictates dipping the fish, not the rice, in soy sauce.

As a seafood dietitian, I often encounter what I like to call “seafood slander.”  This is misinformation, usually in the media, about fish.  This week was especially frustrating, because of a handful of careless reports that claimed bacon, hamburgers, and doughnuts may be healthier than lean fish like tilapia.