Seafood Safety: What Most Party Hosts Get Wrong (Yes, Even With “Cooked” Shrimp) Let me say something that will either calm you down or ruin your appetite (sorry): seafood is one of those foods that can go from “fancy party platter” to “group text from your guests at 2 a.m.”
Raw or Cooked? My One Second Seafood Test (So You’re Not Playing Appetizer Roulette) Confession: for an embarrassing amount of my adult life, I ordered seafood apps based purely on vibe. Ooh, shiny tuna thing on a cute plate? Yes please. And then surprise halfway through I’d realize I was
Craving Shrimp While Pregnant? Yes, You Can (But Let’s Not Get Wild About It) If you’re pregnant and suddenly obsessed with shrimp like “I would eat shrimp in the shower if that were socially acceptable” levels of obsessed good news: shrimp is actually one of the easier seafood cravings to
Serving Size vs Portion Size: The Sneaky Little Label Trick That Gets All of Us That “single serve” bag of chips you just inhaled like a raccoon at midnight? Yeah. Flip it over. There’s a decent chance it was two or three servings pretending to be one. (Rude.) This is
What You’re Missing by Skipping Scallions (Yes, I’m Being Dramatic) Confession: I used to treat scallions like the “optional ponytail” of dinner. You know—cute, but unnecessary. I’d buy a bunch, use three sad little rings on top of tacos, and then watch the rest liquefy in the crisper drawer like
Restaurant Quality Fish With (Basically) Two Ingredients: Scallions + Ginger You know that moment at a restaurant when the fish hits the table still sizzling, smelling like magic, and you’re like, “How is this so good when it looks so simple?” Yeah. That. For the longest time, my home cooked
