Occasionally a meal is no more than the sum of its parts. No harmonizing happens, no bright burst of culinary magic, just the ingredients hanging out, bumping into each other. I'm sad to report that ...

Heat the oil in a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion and fennel and cook until the vegetables ...

San Francisco's only fish receiving station to give the public a peek At Scoma's, tucked into San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf for more than 40 years, the public can watch seafood being off-loaded ...

1 oz olive oilDIRECTIONS: In sauté pan add oil , garlic, tarragon and shallots. Add in all the seafood. Add tomato juice , and white wine , butter and simmer until mussels open. Add red pepper flakes ...

The arrival of crab season always puts a smile on my face, even if that means it is truly the end of summer. Crab season begins in early November, and I’m already dreaming about one of my all-time ...

Forget the sugar plums. On the eve of Dungeness crab season, dreams of drawn butter — and crabcakes, crab bisque and cioppino — are running through our heads. Here are four of our favorite ways to ...

The Puget Sound Dungeness crab fisheries has been sizzling just like the weather, and many anglers in the days ahead will be coming home with their prized catches for the dinner table. In this week’s ...

Good news for crab lovers and crab fishermen — this is a good year for crab and fresh crab should be plentiful for Christmas! We’ve celebrated a Christmas Eve or two without fresh cracked crab and I’m ...

Scoma’s, the seafood institution sitting on the dock of the bay, is an experience this time of year, surrounded by boats decked with twinkle lights. Families and friends pull up to the valet, and ...