sardines

If you've never enjoyed the pleasure of Ned Bell's sardines on toast, your bagel and lox is about to face some stiff competition.

The dishes of France have influenced Vietnamese cuisine in a delicious way. Enter: Vietnamese-Australian chef and TV host Luke Nguyen, whose latest book explores the relationship between these two food cultures and documents the best of the best. Considering those parameters, rice-, bread crumb–, chili- and cilantro-stuffed whole sardines sound just about right.Different variations on stuffed sardines can…

Scott Snyder is chef-owner at Portland's incredibly popular Levant, where his signature chermoula, a classic, tangy-savory Moroccan condiment and sauce, is a best-seller. Marinate your favorite protein in this simple preparation, or use it as a finishing sauce (especially if freshly grilled sardines are involved). Says the chef: "I researched and have been making it…

Some workdays are more stressful than others. We find that pasta helps ease our woes and pains. As we look forward to game four of the NBA Finals tonight (nice trash talk, Serge) we're planning our meals around some of our favorite easy-to-whip-up pasta dishes. There's just something about an enormous plate of spaghetti that…

Sardines are easily my favorite fish, and I’ve yet to find a pasta dish using sardines that comes close to this Sicilian classic. The smell of the fennel and the sardines cooking, simmering together along with tomatoes and raisins, is hypnotic. Because it demands fresh sardines, this dish should not be premeditated, but rather the…

This is a wonderful Japanese way to combine the softness of tofu with a contrasting crunch of tiny fried sardines. Called chirimen jako, the dried young sardines are pearl gray, about a millimeter wide and less than an inch long. They are sold at Japanese markets in plastic bags. Out of the packaging, they are…

Sardines are quick-cooking, versatile, sustainable and tasty! This is finger food at its best, perfect for outdoor cooking and eating. If it's not grilling season you can make this grilled sardines, charred lemons & chiles dish indoors in a well-seasoned cast iron skillet instead. Also read how chef Seamus Mullen give much love to the…

We never knew that the process of eating sardines from a can could be made into a captivating video. YouTube user UPSO has created a how-to for the ages. Complete with swelling orchestral music, slimy fish, Triscuits and pretty funny on-screen riffing. So here's the video How to Eat Sardines. [embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/8qpieqn2P0k] Found: Boing Boing Have…