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While high quality sardines are tasty enough to eat straight out of the can, there are more creative dishes one can make with canned sardines. Sard...

Sampling the local street food is one of the best ways to experience a country’s culture. The nature of traveling means you’re always on the move, ...

What are langoustines?The langoustine lobster, also known as the Norway lobster or the Dublin Bay prawn, is a skinny lobster that almost looks like a large prawn. It is smaller than the average lobster, sizing up to be about eight to 10 inches in length. Langoustines are hailed for their uniquely sweet flavor and are [...]

Anyone who comes from an Italian family knows Linguine with Clams and White Wine Sauce, or Linguine con Vongole, is an Italian seafood staple. Linguine recipes often feature seafood, and for this pasta recipe, you need beautiful, fresh Mediterranean clams. This linguine pasta dish is light, savory, and easy to make—even if you didn’t grow up [...]

Paella is a symbol of Spanish cuisine that is enjoyed all over the world. This incredibly popular and flavorful Spanish dish is one of those everything-but-the-kitchen-sink recipes, containing rice, vegetables, meat and seafood. There are many paella recipes that vary from region to region, and even person to person. This seafood paella recipe from Mmmediterranean [...]

There are a few types of Sicilian food we’re very familiar with in America, like Sicilian pizza and cannolis. However, the way we make them is not always the way true Sicilian people make them. Explore these and other Sicilian recipes that make up some of the best Sicilian food.CaponataSicilian Caponata is a pillar of [...]

Using whole mullet bottarga to enhance a spaghetti recipe is extremely easy. If you want a seafood flavored pasta dish without the added work of actually preparing and cooking the fish, bottarga is your best bet. This easy recipe for Spaghetti with Bottarga is one of the most popular Italian quick pasta recipes.What You’ll Need [...]

Bacalao, baccala, cod—these are all different words for the same fish that has become a seafood staple and a delicacy in cuisines all over the world. From Spain to Norway, bacalao has been dried, salted, and cooked for hundreds of years. But if you’re not already familiar with it, making a bacalao recipe can seem [...]

Linguine recipes often involve some kind of seafood, such as clams, shrimp, mussels, etc. This is because linguine pasta is a type of Italian pasta that works very well with wine sauces and cream sauces, hence why Linguine Alfredo is found on thousands of menus across America, from local diners to upscale restaurants. Despite being [...]

Being surrounded as it is by water on almost all sides, Italy is a fantastic place to explore a variety of seafood dishes. Traditional seafood recipes like Italian seafood stew and seafood pasta are integral to this country’s coastal and mainland cuisines. Everyone knows what fried calamari is, but do you know these 9 traditional Italian [...]

Italian cuisine is not the same across the entire country. The Neapolitan pizza and hearty meat sauces found in Southern Italy are what most people think of when they think of Italian food, but Northern Italy is an entirely different animal. Popular dishes in Northern Italy tend to be influenced by the other European countries around [...]