About Seafood

Tonight I got home late and was ravenous. Luckily, the salmon burger recipe my Aunt Rita sent me to try took less than 10 minutes from on-paper to plate. I halved the recipe since I was only cooki...

Let me start by saying I don't endorse violent confrontations as a means of protest in any way shape or form and neither does NFI... but in playing the victim after a confrontation at sea Greenpeace h...

I am a leftovers enthusiast. And a wasted-food opposer. In even the most meager of dinner remnants, I see the potential for a great lunch the next day. Today was a classic repurposing. Veggie soup...

Yesterday we left the house at 9 in the morning to spend the whole day at the Vintage Virginia wine festival. Unlike most festivals, the food options were impressive. Paella, gyros, grilled chick...

I would probably pick sushi. It tastes so good, and you feel so good after eating it. No island fantasies necessary, though -- I am lucky to live less than a block away from what must be one of t...

But I cant hide my proclivity for calamari. Not so much the fried, dip-in-marinara-sauce kind; but the grilled or sauted, sprinkled-with-olive-oil kind. Calamari (also known less glamorously as sq...

Check out this article from Readers Digest its called Get Hooked on Fish. Its actually an excerpt from a book called Cut Your Cholesterol it does a pretty good job of outlining the benefits of eating ...

We invite you to learn more from some of the leading subject experts about the nutrition, health and safety of seafood. ...

When half-truths, misstatements and flat out errors about seafood make their way into the press, youre likely to read about it here. When a new study in the world of seafood science is making waves wi...

When is seafood done? Whole fish, larger fillets, or steaks may be checked for doneness with an instant-read thermometer. Remove them from the heat source as their internal temperature begins to app...

Doctors and dietitians say twelve ounces per week of seafood is the goal, so the Blog About Seafood is here to show you what that looks like in a real diet. My journey to becoming a seafood-loving d...

Fish Intake, Contaminants, and Human Health
Authors: Dariush Mozaffarian, Eric Rimm, et al.
Harvard Medical School
Journal: Journal of the American Medical Association, October 200...

Seafood Choices: Balancing Risks and Benefits
Authors: Institute of Medicine Committee on Nutrient Relationships in Seafood
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Journal: ...

Mercury, Fish Oils, and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Eliseo Guallar, et al.
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Journal: New England Journal of Medicine, November 2002...

Fish Consumption among Healthy Adults is Associated with Decreased Levels of Inflammatory Markers Related to Cardiovascular Disease
Authors: Antonis Zampelas, et al.
Harikopio University,...