Fish

How to Clean a Gaper or Horse Clam

When life gives you big ole' gaper clams, whether they be horseneck, Washington or just really big steamers, you need to clean them before making chowder. Here's how to do it, complete with a video!

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Fish Tacos

If you live in California, this is a baseline fish recipe with most anglers. Everyone has a personal version of it, and pretty much anything you catch will work in a fish taco, although I used halibut here. My version uses a little salsa verde and avocado.

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Seared Fish and Asparagus

Simple seared fish -- in this case sturgeon -- served with spring awesomeness, in this case asparagus, spinach and peas. Use this recipe as a model for whatever fish and whatever spring bounty you can find. This dish tastes as clean as a cool spring breeze.

Recipe

Pike Dumplings in Broth

Pike dumplings, or quenelles, to be exact, are an ancient preparation for the bony fish, but any fish will work here. These are light as air and are perfect floating in a clear broth - in this case, a wild mushroom broth.

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Fresh Fried Herring

Sitting in a backwater of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, fruitlessly fishing for sturgeon, my friend and guide R.J. casually mentioned…

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Fish Cakes with Wild Rice

This is my homage to the North Country, where wild rice and pike, walleye and perch are king. These fish cakes are made with pike from Manitoba, but you could use any white fish. Mixed with mustard, herbs and wild rice, they are easy to make and wonderful to eat.

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Fried Speckled Trout with Black-eyed Peas

I had the chance to fish for speckled seat trout in Texas last month, and had a helluva good time! I also managed to bring back some trout fillets to cook with back home, so I decided to do a decidedly Texas spin on sea trout.

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Kelp Pasta with Rockfish

Kelp pasta. Not pasta made from slivered kelp fronds, but real pasta with homemade kelp powder added. It makes a briny, emerald noodle that I served with the Pacific rockfish that swam among the kelp, along with summer vegetables. It's a culinary experiment worth repeating.

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How to Make Ceviche Safely

You just can't make ceviche with any old fish; parasites in the fish survive the citrus bath. Here's how to make your own ceviche safely, with lots of variations.

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Tuna Schooled

I've fished for tuna, off and on, my whole life. But the more you fish, the more you understand how different the fishing can be from place to place, even for the same species. This latest trip off the Mexican Coast was, well, a learning experience.

Recipe

Cucumber Sauce for Salmon

If you've never paired salmon with cucumbers, you are missing out. It's a surprisingly natural combination, and since both are in season now, I thought I'd put them together in a pretty little date-night dish.