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Sunday Supper: Lobster Boil

Quite simply, this is the indoor version of a clambake (without the hot rocks and seaweed). If you can't gain access to a beach and are craving a simple, but special treat, this lobster boil can evoke memories of evening by the ocean in a downtown apartment. The secret to getting everything to cook at the same time is to layer the seafood on top of the potato, corn and sausage. This version uses kielbasa, but a chorizo or even andouille could be a delicious addition to this recipe.

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2 Comments | Posted by Sydney Oland, February 4, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Clams, Lobster, Lobster Boil, Sausage, Sunday Supper

The Nasty Bits: Geoduck

Every once in a while I treat myself to geoduck, a hefty clam that sells for a hefty price. Geoduck is often described as ugly or strange, but is it really such an unattractive mollusk? Its appearance is not unsightly so much as it is unfamiliar: a ponderous clam shell from which a firehose kind of siphon protrudes, wrinkled and dark, like an extraterrestrial creature rising from the depths of the earth.

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19 Comments | Posted by Chichi Wang, October 19, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: clams, geoduck, seafood, shellfish, The Nasty Bits

Animals-Eating Friday: Otter Feeding on Clams

If you want to eat clams the sea otter way, float on your back in water, put a rock on your belly, and smash the clam against the rock until it opens. It's way cuter when a sea otter does it. Watch the video after the jump....

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9 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, February 5, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Tagged: aniimals eating, animals, clams, cute, sea otters, videos

The State(s) of Fried Clams

Having just come from a thoroughly disappointing meat at NY's latest attempt at a clam shack, Ditch Plains, I began to ruminate on how much I love fried clams. With Memorial Day, the official start of the fried clam eating season, just around the corner, here is my absolutely incomplete guide to eating fried clams in the NYC area, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, with a southern Maine spot thrown in for good measure. The descriptions of the clams themselves will be minimal. As I discovered a couple of years ago when I went on a ten clamshack eating adventure with Dave Pastnernack, the chef of Esca, fried clams are either really good (sweet, nutty, crisp and greaselessly fried with no breading...

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21 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, May 25, 2006 at 7:32 AM
Tagged: Bigelow's, Bob's Clam Hut, books, Christies, City Island, clams, Connecticut, CT, Ditch Plains, Essex Seafood, Farnham's, favorites, Johnny's Famous Reef, Lenny's Indian Head Inn, Long Island, MA, Maine, Mary's Fish Camp, Massachusetts, ME, New York, New York City, New York Times, NYC, NYT, Oxford Creamery, Pearl, Sandy's Fish and Chips, Sea Swirl, seafood, The Bite, The Clam Box, West Village, Woodman's