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Upper West Side: Luke’s Lobster Opens on 81st and Amsterdam

Luke’s Lobster opened last night at 81st and Amsterdam. How do I know they’ve dropped anchor on the Upper West Side? I just finished downing one of their lobster rolls, packed with succulent chunks of lobster, at the Hester Street Fair. The guy behind the counter informed me of this gustatory bonanza for the neighborhood.
Luke’s [...]

New Cookbook with Recipe: Seafood Alla Siciliana Transports and Instructs

When the winds are whipping up off the Hudson and you’re wading across Broadway in ankle deep slush, Seafood Alla Siciliana is the cookbook you’ll want to curl up with and cook from. This glorious volume, chock full of recipes that rely on seafood prepared Sicilian style, will transport you on a sun- and sea-filled [...]

Corn Dinner: Main Course, Corn and Clam Chowder

Now, we’re on to the main course of this all corn dinner–a clam and corn chowder, perfect for a seaside supper.
If you missed them, here are the previous two courses:
Drinks Snack:  All Corn Dinner: With Cocktails Try Chewy Corn Nibbles
First Course: Corn Dinner: First Course, Grilled Corn on the Cob
Dessert Course: Coming Friday!

Clam [...]

Edgewater, NJ: Tsukiji Market comes to New Jersey

Fresh seafood will be flown in from Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market to Mitsuwa Marketplace in Edgewater, NJ for an event July 11-13.

Here is a partial list of expected seafood (but it will depend on what is fresh at the Tsukiji Market).
Red seabream (farmed)
Amberjack (farmed)
Flounder (farmed)
Striped Jack (farmed)
Yellowtail (farmed)
Banded Rockfish
Flathead
Japanese Seabass
Mitsuwa Marketplace595 River Road,Edgewater, NJTEL: (201) 941-9113Open [...]

Southold, LI: Seafood Barge Performs Swimmingly

There aren’t a lot of exceptional places to eat on Long Island’s North Fork. Most people come out to the area to cruise the wineries, but we like it for its low key, laid back, still mostly-rural atmosphere.
The place with the best prepared seafood is the unassuming Seafood Barge in Southold. It harks [...]