Tag: shrimp

A Salsa Dance in Your Mouth

Salsa is much more than a spicy red or green sauce for swiping a chip through. Take a cue from the Latin dance that shares the same name. Salsa dancing is dazzling, spirited, and vibrant—a precise metaphor for the juicy, chunky salsa concoctions served up in a bowl. Edible salsas are a dance of ingredients…


Putting the Yum in Tom Yum: A Detailed Guide to Making Thailand’s Favorite Soup

“Thai cuisine is not fixed. You can adjust it any way,” says Ms. Ruchaneevan “Yui” Indragarunwet of Baipai Thai Cooking School in Bangkok. I attended her school to learn how to make one of my favorite Thai dishes: tom yum kung, or hot and sour soup with shrimp. It’s the national soup of Thailand, but when…


Deconstructing the Spring Roll

If you like Thai and Vietnamese spring rolls—the fresh ones that are wrapped in rice paper, bursting with vegetables and shrimp—you will like this salad. Call it a lazy spring roll salad, if you like, since it’s essentially composed of the jumble of ingredients that are traditionally wrapped in rice paper. The salad moniker (and…


These Quick, Garlicky Shrimp Can Be Served as an Appetizer or as Part of a Full Meal

Here’s the perfect recipe to serve at your next get-together. It’s quick and delicious. The shrimp takes in all the wonderful flavors of the garlic and has a bit of zip from the added chile flakes. Not only is this a stellar appetizer, but it can also be served with rice or salad as a…


US Firm Recalls Thousands of Packages of Shrimp Over Listeria

A Florida-based firm is recalling about 20,830 packages of Fisherman’s Wharf cooked shrimp due to a possible bacteria contamination. The products were distributed across the United States, said the firm last week. Southeastern Grocers, based in Jacksonville, said the shrimp products may contain Listeria monocytogenes. The product is: Fisherman’s Wharf, Shrimp 16 /20 Cooked Shrimp in 16-ounce…


If You Haven’t Tried Baked Shrimp, You’re Missing Out

This baked shrimp recipe is inspired by two of my all-time favorite Kitchn recipes: Meghan Splawn’s Shrimp Scampi Pasta and Yasmin Fahr’s Garlicky Shrimp and White Beans. Both of these recipes take the garlic flavor to the next level by marinating the shrimp in garlic before cooking, so that’s exactly what I did here. This…


Shrimp Pasta With a Special Ingredient

Shrimp is the most popular seafood in the United States. These slightly sweet, mild-flavored crustaceans are full of interesting science. Take a deep dive into these fascinating facts. They Change Color When They Cook Most raw shrimp are a gray-black color. But when you cook them, they turn pink. Why the color change? Shrimp contain…


How a California Winery Celebrates Summer’s Bounty

I recently drove up the Pacific coast to the world-class Paso Robles winery region. The first night I visited the Sensorio light exhibit, where tens of thousands of stemmed spheres lit up the night, creating an incredible landscape. It really is a can’t-miss experience. I also had the opportunity to visit several wineries and enjoy…


Let the Sauce Take Center Stage in This 30-Minute Recipe

It’s not fair to say that this recipe is all about the chermoula sauce. After all, shrimp and kale are equal heavyweights in this dish. It’s just that the chermoula sauce does something wicked to it. Chermoula, as you may know, is a fragrant North African slurry of fresh herbs, citrus, and spices. It’s typically…


This Classic Dish Will Take You on a ‘Trip’ Through Greece

I remember the first time I ever tasted this classic Greek dish. I was traveling through Greece and landed on the island of Corfu. I met other American students there and we sat down in the town square for dinner. I ordered this dish that was redolent with Greek ouzo and had crumbled, melted Greek…