About Seafood

We saw some disturbing news come out of Plymouth, Massachusetts this week. The Boston Herald reported that 12 commercial fishing boats were vandalized with spray painted anti-fishing messages.While no...

January 14, 2011 Washington, DC The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has hired Robert DeHaan to lead its government affairs office. DeHaan held senior positions in the Bush Administration for nearl...

This is precisely why I only need to plan two full-on dinners a weekLast night I found myself eating out at Lucys again with girlfriends.In addition to the fact that, overall, their food is really tas...

January 13, 2011, Washington, D.C. The environmental activist group Got Mercury? is shopping the results of its recycled mercury testing story to reporters throughout California. As always, Got Mercu...

Now that Im home and back in single-mode, Ive officially decided that the maximum amount of full-blown suppers I can plan and make in one week without wasting food is two. And even then, it really hel...

Happy New Year!After a little break from the blog for the holidays, Im home in Hawaii and was welcomed back with a seafood meal on the plane.I was bumped up to first class due to my ever-increasing fr...

January 3, 2011, Washington, D.C. The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is warning reporters and editors to disregard the health claims gossip websites are attributing to movie star Hilary Swank. Th...

The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of Chung Po Liu, of Bellevue, Washington to one year and a day in prison, and six months of home detention as part of a year of supervised release, a...

So many times we see main stream news media getting the story about seafood wrong. And now it appears the researchers and, for the most part, contestants on a new Fox game show have a better base ...

Since Ive been in Texas, Ive been working from Panera, which is a delightful environment with some healthful and tasty food choices.However, on day six I really needed to take a lunch break elsewhere,...

Clearly, I didnt bring my good camera on this trip to the mainland. I have started a new policy where I simply dont check luggage, even for trips several weeks long. It reduces baggage fees, the risk ...

I am working from Texas through the New Year to be with family over the holidays. That, of course, always includes a fair bit of cooking with my mama, the woman ultimately responsible for my appreciat...

A few tears may have been shed in anticipation of leaving 78 degree Hawaii for 28 degree Washington, DC.But now that Im here, the temporary exposure to winter weather does sort of put me in the holida...

December 6, 2010 Washington, D.C. Consumer Reports (CR) latest scare story on canned tuna is simply a retread of a 2006 report that does a disservice to its readers by using the same sleight of hand ...

This Holiday season it would appear Consumer Reports is re-gifting. Remember back in 2006 it did a story about mercury in canned tuna? Well, its latest scare story on canned tuna is simply a retread o...