About Seafood

Whenever my mom makes an outstanding recipe, she always writes "do-over" next to it in her cookbook. The spicy red fish (I used Dover sole and calamari) stew I made last night is absolutely a do...

Because today is cloudy and a few degrees cooler than it has been, Im thinking of making a comforting fish stew for dinner. Ive also come to find lately that soups and stews are the gift that keeps o...

With all the fuss about omega-3 fats, its easy to forget that fish isnt a one-trick pony. Another nutrient for which seafood is just about the only naturally-rich source (aside from sunshine!) is vi...

The headlines are everywhere; Fish Tale Has DNA Hook, DNA testing uncovers suspect sushi, Expensive fish mislabeled. Is it culinary fraud or an accident? Some serious science appears to have exposed ...

August 22, 2008 Washington, DC - Media reports from Toronto to New York are trumpeting the results of a Canadian study that enlisted the help of American teenagers to collect seafood samples for DNA t...

I like to keep 3 ounce cups of tuna in my office for lunch and snacks. But how, you may wonder, does that single serving of tuna become a mouth-watering sandwich midday? My secret is to bring from...

Last night I had vegetable pizza with anchovies for dinner. Few people share my love for this small, but strong-tasting fish. Though I enjoy the power of getting a whole pizza to myself simply bec...

I have mentioned before that the stresses of wedding planning are all worth it to me for the fabulously fun opportunity to pick the food. Today I am excited to report that our caterer has officially ...

As a bit of a detox from Restaurant Week, Lloyd and I ate a very vegetabley dinner last night - big bowls of green minestrone soup. I might have been jumping the gun a bit on hot soup season, but it ...

One of my dear friends, a fellow Tufts Nutrition graduate, once told me that she and her boyfriend spent an entire day in New York strolling through the neighborhoods, reading menus posted outsid...

Ihave hada look atan advanced copy of the Sept/Oct edition of Mother Jones. And I must say "Tuna Surprise" is not much of a surprise coming from such a blatantly agenda-driven outfit. As you m...

Back on March 1, 2008, NFI received an email from /Stephanie Mencimer, a reporter for Mother Jones about a story she is working on concerning tuna and mercury toxicity. Ms. Mencimer submitted a number...

This week the environmental lobbying group Oceana turned its attention towards Wal Mart as it campaigns for retailers to post mercury warning signs. But what Wal Mart and consumers should know is that...

Tonight marks the beginning of a weekend-long DC Restaurant Week spree. Twice a year, the finest spots in town offer $35 three-course dinner deals, and we can't help but to take full advantage. So ...

While Greenpeace is beating the drum over in Europe about canned tuna sustainability and making noise, rather than constructive outreach to people who can make a difference regarding their concerns, r...