Linguine with Clams

by Helen Kain | Mar 18, 2012 | Fall Recipes, Pasta & Rice, Recipes By Type, Seafood, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes, Winter Recipes

I’d always loved this dish, and then I had it in Venice and became spoiled for life. Linguine con Vongole, as it’s called in Italy, is served with Manila clams the size of a fingernail, and the bowl comes loaded with sixty or seventy clams, bursting with...

Trout with Smashed Fingerling Potatoes, Peas, Prosciutto & Pistachios

by Helen Kain | Dec 17, 2011 | Mains, Recipes By Type, Seafood, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes

I had a version of this dish at Mercatto in Toronto and attempted to recreate it, substituting crisp prosciutto for the diced pancetta Mercatto uses. It provides a lot of flavour with it less fat. It’s an easy, elegant main course suitable for the most...

Paella

by Helen Kain | Aug 20, 2011 | Mains, Pasta & Rice, Recipes By Type, Seafood, Sides, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes

Paella is a gorgeous dish, the rice beautifully coloured with saffron and studded with delicious seafood, chorizo rice and seafood and/or chicken. Son Adam and his wife Annie developed a real affinity for it on a recent trip to Spain, so Adam and I set out to recreate...

Oysters

by Helen Kain | Jul 26, 2011 | Antiques, Ballgown, Blue, Pink and Red, Recipes By Type, Seafood, Spring Recipes, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, White

One of the (many) wonderful things about Cape Cod is our ready access to great seafood. Famed for its Wellfleet oysters, the Cape also boasts many local varieties. We love both Dennis and Brewster oysters, with their quite shallow cups and almost flat tops....

Tigger’s Pasta

by Helen Kain | Jul 16, 2011 | Pasta & Rice, Recipes By Type, Seafood, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes

Our marmalade cat, Tigger, considers himself to be human, although if asked, I’d bet he’d shudder at the thought of lowering himself to that level. Among his many quirks is his passion for human food. No meal is complete without Tigger sidling up to the table and...

White Bean & Shrimp Salad

by Helen Kain | Jun 17, 2011 | Mains, Recipes By Type, Salads, Seafood, Sides, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes

This wonderful salad makes a tasty starter course for dinner and works equally well as a main course for lunch. Serve with a crusty baguette to mop up every delicious morsel.   The tender shrimp, crunchy celery and creamy white beans have a fabulous...