This recipe was originally published in 2012 as one of the first recipes to appear on Sweet Love & Ginger (then American Ginger Diaries, I think?). Since then it has remained a family favorite, and one of the only recipes that Chuck repeatedly asks for. I mean if he has to eat seafood it might as well have maple syrup on, it right? It’s the Vermonter in him I suppose….
I love a good piccata in the early spring. The light and bright flavor just sings spring to me, and since lemons are just ebbing out of season it’s a great time to take advantage of that.
For this recipe, I used Pike a white fish that can be found in our fresh waters and also in the ocean (Ocean Pike). I have, however, made this recipe with a few other fish, such as tilapia, bass, or trout, so that’s why that title up there is for white fish. It’s transferable this way….
I might just be begging for a lashing putting together a recipe for canned salmon. I mean why would I do such a thing when beautiful fresh salmon is available in a grocery store? Well, I’ll tell you. I did it because not everyone has the cash money for fresh salmon, because there’s more to a fish than those perfectly shaped pink fillets and because some people actually can their fresh salmon to get through the winter (I’m a little obsessed with my girl Eve at the moment).
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Winter can be a tough season for many. Its dark and cold, which causes a lot of people to avoid going outdoors, but can also lead to restlessness, grumpiness, and in some cases depression. I, like many of you, I’m sure, have dealt with this before and over the years I have found my own way to combat the winter blues.
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I’m starting to feel my age. Not in the sense that I feel feeble and tired, though I’m pretty tired of this shoulder injury, but I’m feeling it on an intellectual/emotional level. We’ve got summer interns in the office now and nothing makes you feel old like having a couple cocky young things almost 10 years younger than you hanging around. I mean really, I was one of the youngest people in the office until last week, my whole life ahead of me and all that, now looking at them I almost feel bad because they have so much to learn and suddenly they are looking at me like I know it all.
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