About Seafood

This spring Im heading up an afterschool cooking class series for forth and fifth graders taught by local chefs.Its a project of the Kids in the Kitchen program of the Junior League of Honolulu, a wel...

The Department of Justice, along with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration, announced the indictment of Yuri Izurieta and Anneri Izurieta, both of Miami, and...

Sometimes when I get an idea for a non-traditional combination of foods, I like to Google it to confirm someone out there has given it a whirl.I got the green light on combining tuna and pineapple for...

With the USDAs publication of the proposed rule regarding catfish and its comically debated definition, some heavy hitters are weighing in on whether this wasteful, duplicative project is even a worth...

Island fresh marlin was on special this weekend, so I picked up a fillet trusting itd be delicious even though I didnt have a specific plan for it.I never really developed a specific plan for it; I si...

The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of Robert Coutu, the owner of Ocean Fresh Seafood, Inc., to 60 months in prison arising out of his scheme to defraud Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc...

Today is an especially happy Friday because I woke up to a really well done story about eating seafood on Good Morning America. Morning shows arent always spot on with the science, but GMA got it righ...

Kudos to FDA for issuing a Warning Letter for an alleged case of species substitution. It wasn't seafood related, but it was a crack down on species substitution nonetheless. In this situation, FDA re...

The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans have been making the media rounds and as I mentioned at the beginning of February by-in-large they are being reported on accurately. Have a look at this segmen...

The radical activist group Greenpeace is celebrating the fact that Americans will now have fewer choices when shopping for seafood at Costco. The group says the store will stop selling some of the fis...

My visiting girlfriends are all back on the mainland now and left some really wonderful memories and a fridge full of leftovers in their wake. We had a blast hiking, swimming, shopping, and gabbing ov...

Today is the calm before the fantastic fun-filled storm of four girlfriends from grad school descending upon my little home by the sea for our annual reunion. All of them are registered dietitians lik...

Seafood consumers and the law-abiding fishermen who catch that seafood gained a big victory last week when a complex NOAA Office of Law Enforcement investigation into conspiracy, misbranding and smugg...

Happy Valentines Day!Though my valentine is far away, Im especially appreciative for all the other loves of my life that fill my days with fun and happiness.Over the weekend, for example, I was welcom...

I had a big old (literally, it was on its last leg) head of broccoli that I needed to use up last night. As I was perusing different ideas for how to jazz it up, I stumbled upon a recipe with my name...