Category: Fish
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Calamari Fritti: A Summer Staple At The Italian Beach
Summertime in Italy In the Summer in Italy, people go in droves to the beach. The sleepy seaside villages suddenly bulge at the seams with people eating gelato and drinking their morning cappuccinos under big sun-umbrellas before heading to their reserved sun-loungers on the beach for a day of swimming and sunbathing. Many…
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Sicilian Swordfish Steaks
Sicily gets into your blood This week I’m taking a little trip down (my) memory lane with this swordfish steak dish. I love this recipe for baking the fish with a coating of breadcrumbs, almonds and parsley! It was difficult to take a good photo of it, but I hope you can get…
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Marinated Shrimps With Tomato Salsa
A quick and delicious dinner: shrimps are great to keep on hand! I always keep a bag of frozen shrimps/prawns in the freezer for those times when I just don’t know what to make for dinner. They’re quick to thaw out and very fast to cook, and it doesn’t take much to make…
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Spanish Tapas: Tiny Battered and Fried Whole Fish
Tapas are the best way to eat! This month of July, I’m kicking off the first post on Spanish Tapas Month! Tapas are small amounts of various dishes that are put on the table to share. They are perfect for the hot weather, and for all the barbeques and buffets that you may…
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Sardines With Red Onions (Sarde in Saor)
Sarde in Saor; better late than never I’m a little late with this traditional Venetian recipe for Sarde in Saor (Fresh sardines with red onions). One year has already flown past at the speed of light since we were in Venice. I’m not sure where it went. I had all these great plans…
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Penne With Salmon and Cream
Fishy pasta for people who don’t like fish Pasta with salmon is an easy pasta dish to keep up your sleeve when you need to get something on the table in a hurry, and feel as though it’s about time you ate some fish as you know it’s good for you, but you…
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Triglie alla Livornese (Red Mullet with Tomatoes)
A mullet by any other name tastes the same The fish used in this recipe is a pretty little reddish/pinkish fish is called triglia in Italian and rouget in French. Nice names, aren’t they? Well, do you know what someone way back when decided to call it in English? Red Mullet! What an awful name! I…
