Fish

White Wine Mussels with Piquillo Rouille Slathered Bread

May 2, 2012

For the longest time I only thought of mussels as restaurant food. In my head it was: Chicken, beef, pork…cook those at home. Lobster, mussels, duck, etc….order those at a restaurant. It seems silly that I once thought of mussels as some scary preparation because they are quite possibly one of the easiest dishes you [...]

Crab Filled Sweet Potato Cannelloni

April 18, 2012

Everyone has their guilty pleasure show. Some watch Jersey Shore. Some watch Real Housewives. Some watch Glee. My guilty pleasure is Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America, a show where the worst cooks in the country are taught how to cook by two celebrity chefs (this past season it was Bobby Flay and Anne Burrell). [...]

Linguine alle Vongole

March 30, 2012

Making this dish reminds me so fondly of the time I spent as a teenager working my summers at Pennini’s restaurant in my hometown. It’s funny to think back on it because at the time, all I wanted was a job. Any job. A minimum wage job was fine by me. I thought, you’ll pay [...]

Honey Walnut Shrimp

January 20, 2012

Honey walnut shrimp is my favorite Chinese dish ever, and is in my opinion, the best Chinese dish ever. When I was younger and my family went out for Chinese food, we always ordered it, and there were never any leftovers to take home. I had never even thought to make it at home until [...]

Seared U-10 Scallops with Bacon Jam and Basil

August 25, 2011

When I saw some gigantic U-10 scallops at Whole Foods last weekend, I knew they were coming home with me, and I knew exactly what I was going to do with them. Here I sear them in a super hot pan so they get a nice salty crust but are sweet and tender in the [...]

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I'm Joanne Ozug, and this is where I share my scrapeworthy recipes. My cooking mantra is to make dishes that inspire people to scrape and lick their plates, because in my mind, that is the sign of a truly successful dish.
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