What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? I’m betting lobster isn’t one of them. I had never heard of lobster ice cream until I was searching the internet for recipes for my lobster. I happened upon The Dog’s Breakfast’s version of it and was instantly fascinated. After a bit more research, I discovered that quite a [...]
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butter-poached lobster pasta with lobster-roe sauce
When we first arrived in Grenada, I was disappointed with the lack of fresh seafood available on the island. It seemed strange to me that on an island surrounded by water that is only 131 square miles large, one would have to travel all the way into town to have access to fresh seafood. Even then, [...]
vietnamese summer rolls (goi cuon) with peanut sauce
Whether you call them Vietnamese summer rolls or fresh spring rolls or “salad rolls” (which is the direct translation of goi cuon), variations on these tasty bites are wildly popular these days. I see versions at all kinds of restaurants, in magazines, on blogs, and at potlucks and dinner parties, where they are often a [...]
bun rieu cua (crab and tomato noodle soup)
My sister and her husband came to visit two weeks ago, and, it being crab season in the Mid-Atlantic, we thought it’d be fun to try our hand at crabbing, which none of us had ever done before. We drove out to Chesapeake Beach, armed with our chicken necks, string, and lots of sunblock. The [...]
