Category Archives: Fish & Seafood

06/27/13
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Oven-Roasted Salmon & Bok Choy with Orange-Hoisin Sauce

WEDNESDAY Oven-Roasted Wild Salmon  |  Wilted Baby Bok Choy & Scallions  |  Orange-Hoisin Sauce   Once again, we are the benefactors of Dave’s fishing bounty!  His latest fishing expedition brought him out to the Farrollon Islands… Lying 28 miles off the coast of San Francisco, the jagged silhouette of the Farallon Islands disrupts the clean Continue reading → «Oven-Roasted Salmon & Bok Choy with Orange-Hoisin Sauce»

06/14/13
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Salt-Grilled Shrimp & Mixed Greens with a Citrus-Parmesan Vinaigrette

THURSDAY Salt-Grilled Shrimp  |  Mixed Greens with a Citrus-Parmesan Vinaigrette This grilled shrimp dish is served at Michael Mina, San Francisco and it’s appeal, for me, rests in the perfect marriage of sweet, salty & spicy.  I was so happy to see the recipe revealed in the R.S.V.P. section of this month’s Bon Appétit.  It Continue reading → «Salt-Grilled Shrimp & Mixed Greens with a Citrus-Parmesan Vinaigrette»

06/7/13
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Salmon With A Spinach Salad & Citrus Vinaigrette

THURSDAY Oven-Roasted Salmon with a Soy-Ginger Glaze  |  Spinach Salad with a Citrus-Parmesan Vinaigrette   Is it warm {dare I ask even hot} where you are yet?  Here, in my little corner of the world, June 6th was a chilly, foggy day for the most part.  The sun made an appearance late in the afternoon Continue reading → «Salmon With A Spinach Salad & Citrus Vinaigrette»

05/30/13
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Oven-Roasted Salmon & Garlic Soba Noodles

WEDNESDAY Oven-Roasted Salmon with Soy-Ginger Glaze  |  Garlic Soba Noodles   According to my menu {as posted} we should be having Spicy Peanut Noodles with Steamed Vegetables this evening but a wonderful thing happened earlier this afternoon which called for a change of plan.  Shortly after lunch our neighbor, Dave, knocked at my kitchen door Continue reading → «Oven-Roasted Salmon & Garlic Soba Noodles»

05/22/13
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Sake-Steamed Salmon, Aromatic Rice & Baby Bok Choy

TUESDAY Saké-Steamed Salmon  |  Saké Butter  |  Aromatic Brown Rice  | Steamed Baby Bok Choy So, as you can see, I am enjoying my new bamboo steamer!  I used it for the first time on Sunday for steaming a medley of vegetables and, in addition to it being so very easy {preparing a variety of Continue reading → «Sake-Steamed Salmon, Aromatic Rice & Baby Bok Choy»

04/23/13
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Chicken Apple Sausages on the Grill, Baked Beans with Maple and Molasses & A Birthday Snapshot

TUESDAY Chicken Apple Sausages on the Grill  |  Baked Beans with Maple and Molasses But first, a {short}Birthday Dinner recap…Yesterday was so very warm here {I dare say even hot}…temperatures peaked around 82°F.  There was absolutely no breeze and a dull haze hung over the Bay all day.  Needless to say, the birthday dinner I Continue reading → «Chicken Apple Sausages on the Grill, Baked Beans with Maple and Molasses & A Birthday Snapshot»

04/5/13
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Preserved Lemon & Spring Vegetable Risotto with Grilled Pernod Shrimp

FRIDAY Preserved Lemon & Spring Vegetable Risotto with Grilled Pernod Shrimp   It is Friday…a real Friday, for me…thank the heavens above!  The horse show last week&{end} has rendered this little family unit on active duty for eleven days straight…that doesn’t sound like a lot to me right now but I assure you, it feels Continue reading → «Preserved Lemon & Spring Vegetable Risotto with Grilled Pernod Shrimp»

03/11/13

Lobster Bisque & Herbed Popovers

MONDAY Lobster Bisque  |  Herbed Popovers THIS LOBSTER BISQUE IS BETTER THAN SEX…yep, that is the line that got my attention.  Wouldn’t it grab yours?  I spend quite a bit {you have no idea} of time, here at The Dinner Concierge, searching/researching recipes and reading food-related articles.  Well, needless to say, when I came across Continue reading → «Lobster Bisque & Herbed Popovers»

01/10/13

Lobster Roll-Style Salmon Sandwiches & Oven-Baked Potato Chips

THURSDAY Lobster Roll-Style Salmon Sandwiches  |  Oven-Baked Potato Chips This is one of those dinners that happens along every once in a while and which leaves you so much extra time because 90% of the preparations have been done ahead {well, maybe I planned it this way}…in any event, I am so happy to have such Continue reading → «Lobster Roll-Style Salmon Sandwiches & Oven-Baked Potato Chips»