Seafood

Fish moolie or fish molee (meen molee) is a spicy fish and coconut dish of possible Portuguese and/or Indian origin. It is common in India and Malaysia. During the times of the British Empire is was spread into other places of South-East Asia, such as Singapore.

Many of us regularly season food with a sprinkling of black pepper, but rarely do we use it as a bold flavor stroke. Black pepper, when it’s more than a background note, can engage the senses with a warming bite and an aroma that reminds me, to varying degrees, of chili, cloves, and citrus. Borrowing a classic technique often reserved for beefsteaks, the recipe for salmon au poivre balances pungent heat against the lush, rich flavor of the fish. The recipe produces a modest quantity of sauce. The idea is to accent the fish, not drown it.

This date-worthy recipe proves that healthy budget meals aren't boring! As good as or better than a restaurant entree, it features salmon raised by our farmer partners committed to producing the most environmentally friendly farmed seafood. We source only from farms that meet our unique, industry leading Quality Standards for Aquaculture. Those standards never allow antibiotics, added growth hormones or poultry and mammalian by-products in feed.

Chef Amy Loveless uses frozen raspberries for chutney. In the summer, she makes it with black currants, blackberries, or blueberries. The chutney is a bit tart to balance the richness of the salmon. Start the wheat berries a day in advance.

Smoked fish, particularly smoked haddock, is exceptionally good in chowder. The sweet and briny smokiness tastes just right in a delicate milky broth. Finnan haddie is a type of smoked haddock originally from Finnan (also called Findon), a Scottish fishing village on the North Sea near Aberdeen. In Scotland at one time, haddock was lightly salted and then cold-smoked very gently over a slow peat fire. These days a similar product, still called finnan haddie, is smoked in New England over hard wood.

Great Thai food relies on fresh ingredients. Kaffir lime leaf, culantro, galangal, fish sauce, and chili-bean paste are available at Asian markets. Some of the ingredients - lemongrass, galangal, and lime leaf - are for flavoring only; they're not eaten. Typical Thai table condiments such as sugar, fish sauce, dried crushed chilies, and vinegar allow diners to adjust the four main flavors: sweet, salty, hot, and sour. If you like, substitute boneless chicken breast, cut into 1/4-inch slices, for the shrimp.

Mark Bittman introduces a little known savory pancake made with chickpea flour.

Grilled halibut is served with a delicious sauce featuring black beans, shallots and rice wine.

Tuna and lettuce salad with garbanzo beans, chopped egg, and cucumber. Great with French dressing.