Oysters, Clams, Scallops, Cockles & Mussels (alive, alive, oh!)

May 30, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

A guide to purchasing & cooking common mollusks: oysters, clams, scallops, mussels & cockles.

A Guide to Common Crustaceans

April 9, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

Snow. Blue. Stone. King. Dungeness. No, this isn’t a name game from Game of Thrones, it’s just a few of my favorite crustaceans 😉

Shellfish Steamed in White Wine

April 3, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Shellfish … best with a white-wine based sauce or one rich with tomato and spice?

Make this to Impress Your Guests

January 12, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Want something downright delicious, easy to prepare and beyond impressive at the same time? Check out this spicy seafood soup …

Here’s How You Get Kids to Eat More Fish!

December 2, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

As it turns out, cockles are a real thing … and they’re delicious!

Do Oysters Really Produce Pearls? 5 interesting facts about the slimy little creatures

August 5, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Well do they? Read more to find out and discover some great places to enjoy oysters in Indianapolis …

You don’t really think wickedness is evil, do you?

I think it’s time we all give the Wicked Witch of the West a break. I mean it’s plausible that the poor thing began her days with good intention only to have her deeds turn sour … and there is, is there not, a distinct difference between unintentional harm and purposeful, decisive damage—like when you […]

Stay Gold Ponyboy (and grab the bull by the horns)

“Natures first green is gold, Her hardest hue to old. Her early leaf’s a flower, But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf, So Eden sank to grief. So dawn goes down today, Nothing gold can stay.” ~ Robert Frost I memorized this poem the first time I ever heard it … I was probably 12 or 13 but I […]

How to get over being lonely—hint, rum helps.

You ever get that feeling that you’re all alone in the world—not literally, unless, that is, you live on some remote island where you really are all alone minus a few sand crabs and, if you’re lucky, a long lost barrel of hidden pirate’s rum. The kind of alone I’m referring to is the kind […]