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UW Prof Says Stop Feeling Guilty About Eating Fish

NYT op-ed: “On average, fish stocks worldwide appear to be stable….”

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Apr 15, 2011 at 04:02PM 0 Comments

Bad news, fish.

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Ray Hilborn, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences at the University of Washington, did a little op-eding in today’s New York Times.

His op? Stop feeling so guilty about eating fish.

“Much of the earlier research pointed to declines in catches and concluded that therefore fish stocks must be in trouble,” writes Hilborn.

“But there is little correlation between how many fish are caught and how many actually exist; over the past decade, for example, fish catches in the United States have dropped because regulators have lowered the allowable catch. On average, fish stocks worldwide appear to be stable, and in the United States they are rebuilding, in many cases at a rapid rate.”

Read the whole thing here.

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Tags: Sustainable Such and Such, Seafood

Alaskan King Crab Tails at Elliott’s This Month

Yeah, crab tails. Lobster’s firmer little brother.

Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Feb 16, 2011 at 09:00AM 0 Comments

Crab tails are sweet, with a consistency like shrimp.

Elliott’s Oyster House, typically on our radar for its encyclopedic selection of exquisite local oysters, is serving crab tails this month.

Crab tails? Not often seen in restaurants, crab fishermen know that these spiny extremities of Alaskan King crab hold medallions of firm, sweet meat that can be sous vided, sauteed, even stuffed.

Elliott’s version features marinated, grilled medallions, bright with chiles and garlic, served with jasmine rice cakes and pickled cukes.

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Tags: Restaurant News, Crab, Seafood

Three Martini Lunch at Salty’s

Come in this week for three courses, served in martini glasses

Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Apr 19, 2010 at 09:00AM 0 Comments

Salty’s: Not just for administrative professionals

This week only, through Friday, April 23, Salty’s at Alki and Redondo are offering a unique lunchtime special: three courses—served in martini glasses.

For $19.99 diners will dine on seafood ceviche, then warm salmon and prawn salad, and finally tiramisu.

The ostensible reason for this promotion? Administrative Professionals Week, which of course you have circled in red on your calendar. But really, who needs more excuse than the dawn of spring and the onset of the noontime hungries to head for the shore for a drink of lunch?

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Tags: Seafood, Special Lunches

Friday Night Specials: March 5

Sardines, salmon, or sturgeon? Belltown is serving up seafood tonight.

Posted by: Kaitlin Nunn on Mar 05, 2010 at 11:53AM 0 Comments

Belltown summons! Three excellent eateries are clanging their bells with great specials this evening.

The cooks at Basque tapas bar Txori does specials just like they do in the motherland: They let the chalkboards do the enticing. Every Friday and Saturday, a slew of raciones and pintxos are chalked down 20 percent. This Friday, it’s two fresh sardines with smashed potatoes (not mashed, mind you: a whole red potato gets smashed, then cooked again) for $11, or, for those of the vegetarian persuasion, there is baked eggplant with smoked sheep’s cheese for $6.

For a larger portion, go with the red wine-brushed lamb shank with potato mousse for $14, and pair that with the red house wine Protos Roble 2006 from Ribera del Duero in the North of Spain, $7 a glass.

Or, catch Flying Fish before it leaps over to South Lake Union. Tonight the iconic seafood joint is featuring spring Chinook salmon braised with kale and apple bacon chutney for $29. But start with the beet salad with Belgian endive, cinnamon-sherry vinagrette, and Roquefort cheese. Pair all that with a glass of Patient Cottat sauvignon blanc from France’s Loire Valley, $9.

Meanwhile, the very Italian Assagio has an appetizer of baby short ribs in a reduction of red wine over polenta for $15, and entrees include a sturgeon sauteed with lemon capers ($28) and risotto with beef, wild mushrooms, and a red wine demi-glace for $18.

Sounds delicious.

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Tags: Belltown, Special Dinners, Seafood