About Seafood

Our favorite neighborhood sushi spot, Tokoname, has a nightly power hour at 9 featuring half off nigiri.I've wanted to go for a while, but its usually hard to keep my appetite at bay so late.Yesterday...

Yesterday I went to the grocery store and among the whopping six items on my list -- food lasts a lot longer around here minus the Marine -- was fresh fish.I was in the mood to try something different...

I planted another pot of herbs this week, and got straight to work eating them.For lunch I made a Tex-Mex tuna melt the tuna is mixed with diced avocado and homegrown chili pepper and topped with che...

I love oven-crisped onions, so this easy salmon recipe caught my eye.I followed it pretty closely, except I used a little less sugar, brown rice instead of white, and yellow onions instead of red.Simp...

It didnt take long for my anchovy bread appetizer to reemerge. Last night I had a piece before dinner paired with a glass of red wine and it was delicious. For dinner, I thawed some swordfish from the...

This is the second time in two weeks Ive made this snack. The first time, I didnt take a photo because I figured there was nothing appetizing about it for the general population. Then yesterday, I cra...

Now that Lloyd has been gone for a week on pre-deployment training, Ive fully realized my cooking routine is going to be among the many changes.I really counted on Lloyd to a) eat the dinners I make a...

Considering that I havent been to the store yet since returning from my long trip Sunday night, I made a quite gourmet lunch that Id happily make again in less desperate times.I simply mixed a pouch o...

For our last dinner in Charlottesville we resisted a repeat visit to Miyako (barely) to knock another new restaurant off our list. Zocalo was described as Mexican, but also had touches of Cuban and Sp...

The deliciousness of the sushi spread I ordered for dinner last night even came through on my cell phone camera. Now that Im an island girl, I didnt have super high hopes for sushi in Charlottesville,...