Welcome to Seafood is the New Black—a food and (sometimes) travel blog where you can learn how to cook seafood, about sustainable practices and why the health of our oceans is vital to our future. Follow along for the latest seafood news, the best seafood chews and discover some of the best places to hang with mermaids.

Lobster Thermidor

March 23, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

This is one lobster dish I’m not super excited about

Baked Coconut Shrimp

March 21, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Easy, 30-minutes and you have a seafood dish EVERYONE will eat

The BEST-EVER New England Clam Chowder

March 6, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Low-fat, delicious, restaurant-good chowder you can make at home

My Favorite Crab Cakes

December 27, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Is it just me, or are crab cakes hard to make?