For a delicious fish dish, try this roasted trout recipe from chef Frank Stitt's "Bottega Favorita" cookbook. Serve with his Butter Bean-and-Mint Pilaf for an unforgettable dinner.
Stacking fish and vegetables in a multilevel steamer lets you cook everything simultaneously. Red snapper or trout are good alternatives to black bass.
The addition of Champagne is not essential, but it is particularly delicious. If you are planning to serve some bubbly with your oysters, save a splash for this sauce.
Seafood is traditional Italian fare on Christmas Eve. It takes center stage in this entree, which includes lobster, clams, mussels, shrimp, and calamari.
To satisfy a hungry crowd, serve this tart shrimp salad, courtesy of Joanna Rockwell of San Diego, California, with white or brown rice in place of lettuce.
Cooking fresh salmon en papillote (that is, in parchment) is a messproof way to coax the most flavor from the fish without adding a lot of oil or butter -- and it's pretty much impossible to dry the salmon...
Use Emeril's homemade Worcestershire sauce in his Beef Tenderloin With Fresh Horseradish And Black-Pepper Crust recipe -- both have been adapted from "Emeril's Creole Christmas," written by Emeril Lagasse...
Chipotle chiles are smoke-dried jalapenos that add a distinct flavor and moderately spicy heat to this dish from Suzette Hagan of Indianapolis, Indiana.
There's no cream in this take on alfredo, but the end result is just as rich and silky as its heavier versions-and arguably makes a better final dish since ingredients like cream tend to mask delicate...
Using egg whites instead of whole eggs (or yolks) in the batter creates a crispier coating; cooking the shrimp in batches (so as not to crowd the pan) also helps. This versatile recipe is equally delicious...
Salsa rustica is an Italian-inspired blend of fresh herbs, capers, vinegar, and oil. Here, it's made with parsley and used to dress a sheet-pan supper of meaty sea-bass fillets, warm spinach, and garlicky...
The cauliflower in this dish gets loads of flavor from garlic, anchovies, and red-pepper flakes -- and the richness of the salmon offsets those spices.
Tiny clams like cockles taste sweet and make an excellent foil for tangy cherry tomatoes and Martha's DIY roasted-garlic butter in her take on the Italian classic.
The basic curry powder used to flavor this easy-to-make Indian-spiced halibut dish is enhanced by bittersweet fenugreek seed, mustard, cardamom, and cloves; brown sugar diminishes the heat. Just before...
Grilling fish is easy -- just follow our pointers and you're sure to get great results. For a meal that's ready in minutes, serve the fish in a simple, summery sandwich.