About Seafood

This morning the foodies over at the Washington Post posted this blog about "Spanish mackerel" that missed the mark. So we gave the editors a heads up. Have a look at our letter below: September 9, 2...

A little more than a week ago we told you, in excruciating detail, how badly The Economist had botched its reporting on the USGS report on mercury in non-commercial recreational fish. Well, this week ...

It's time to add another activist group to the list of organizations that are trying to sensationalize the recent USGS report on sport-caught fish in order to scare the public out of buying seafood: P...

To celebrate our lack of a Monday morning this week, we had a fun dinner party Sunday night. Our impromptu menu included the following: -Grilled Clams in the Shell with Serrano Ham -Penne with S...

Labor Day 2009 is having quite a powerful pull on my workload - I woke up this morning to find our server is down at the office, which makes working almost impossible. The Federal day of rest apparen...

For some time now, we've been keeping an eye on the alarmist anti-fishing documentary, The End of the Line (EOTL). British journalist Charles Clover, who wrote the book of the same name back that was ...

Let's be honest - I'm not getting much of an autumn or a winter this year - but that doesn't mean I won't cook according to the season. Yesterday was September 1, so I made a comforting salmon chowde...

It would appear that actor Jeremy Piven has fallen prey to one of the deadliest of Hollywood sins-believing his own press. Last night Piven sat across from David Letterman and did his, now tired, son...

This evening actor Jeremy Piven is set to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman and there will no doubt be a laugh or two had about Piven's claims of mercury poisoning and maybe even a mention ...

Our whirlwind weekend in San Francisco and South Lake Tahoe, California is over, and as usual after traveling, we're in the mood to eat especially healthfully this week. It's been a loooooong time si...

August 28, 2009 Washington, DC Customs and Border Protection unfairly targeted imported shrimp for excessive bonding requirements according to a federal judges ruling. It appears from the record tha...

Earlier today it was announced that an arbitrator had ruled in favor of Jeremy Piven and the Actor's Equity Association in the dispute over his abrupt departure from the Broadway production of David M...

When I think of The Economist I think of cerebral types who get it. But it looks like even highbrow intellectuals can demonstrate a poor judgment and even poorer execution when writing about seafood. ...

As we get closer and closer to our departure tonight, I'm getting more and more creative with cleaning out the fridge. It's a little bit like the Food Network show, Chopped, if you've ever seen it. L...

Last week Greenpeace's outgoing Executive Director admitted that the once-revered eco outfit lies as a matter of strategy, this week it... lied some more. According to reports, here it is along side t...