This recipe is the perfect balance of colors with the bright reds and pinks of the lobster nestled alongside the gentle white of the risotto and the brilliant green of the spinach. The flavors also balance well. The spinach is a slightly bitter taste that pares well with the soft, cheesy risotto and the salty, [...]
I don’t get it. What is wrong with saying to your kids, “This is what we are having for dinner.” If they say I don’t like it, you say this is what we are having. If they don’t eat it, they will eventually get hungry and have what’s for dinner. I know more parents than [...]
A new column ran in PPH today on one of the cheapest and yummiest forms of protein in Maine, Maine shrimp. One of the comments that came by email is below. My response too. Like the sound of your Maine shrimp recipe on Portland Press Herald today,2/24/10. But do I leave the shells on having [...]
Many years ago, the Caribbean was our home in the wintertime. We spent three winters sailing in and around the island chains and learning about local cooking. Occasionally, the island spices still pop up in my cooking – this Caribbean Spiced Snapper is an example. Cloves, allspice, nutmeg and many others spices are not just [...]
One of the most important parts of our lobster bakes is to be aware of our surroundings. While we are on an island for our bake we operate under a Leave No Trace policy. The means whatever we take onto the island, we take off. Often we leave with more than we came with, as [...]
One of the highlights for many passengers on our windjammer is our traditional Maine Lobster Bake – a feature of all our weeklong and Maine Lighthouses & Lobster trips. It’s an all-you-can-eat feast with all the fixin’s. Seven lobsters eaten by one person in one sitting is the record (please do not try this at [...]
As I was searching for any links to this recipe, checking to see if I’d already posted it somewhere else, I found more links than I thought. This one to Mystic Seaport: Great Recipes, History and Seafaring Lore from Mystic Seaport was a surprise. I’d forgotten that I’d given them this recipe. It was on [...]
