Fish and Seafood Archives

Orata alla barese (Sea Bream Bari Style)

15 July 2023

The sea is never too far away in Puglia, and seafood is everywhere—nowhere more so than its capital and principal […]

29 April 2023

I’m just back from a two week trip to Italy, where we visited Rome, my old stomping grounds, and Puglia,

11 March 2023

One of the most iconic dishes in Tuscan cookery, cacciucco is a fish soup made in the costal areas of

11 February 2023

Scallops happen to be one of my very favorite seafoods. But in the years I was living in Italy, I

17 December 2022

As many of our readers doubt already know, Christmas Eve dinner among Italians traditionally features a seafood menu. And it

27 August 2022

From the city of Taranto in the region of Puglia comes this a simple but tasty take on mussels, cozze

22 January 2022

One of Sicily’s signature dishes, pasta con le sarde, or Pasta with Sardines, is also one of my personal favorites.

14 August 2021

The Italian way with grilled shrimp, like most Italian grilling and indeed most Italian cookery, is simplicity itself. You marinate

27 December 2020

Here’s an elegant yet quick and easy starter that would fit perfectly into just about any menu: Carpaccio di salmone