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In Praise Of Tiny Fish: Anchovies and Sardines

The smallest fish have the biggest impact on lunch

Aug 17, 2012 11:31 am

I typically require a little extra brain food on Friday to ensure that I won't just go home and sleep for 48 hours. If I don't go out Friday, I won't sleep til 2 on Saturday. If I don't sleep til 2 on Saturday, I won't be able to stay out til 4 Saturday night. If I don't stay out til 4 Saturday night I might actually get something accomplished on Sunday, which is not what the weekend is about. So I turn to tiny fish.

Healthy Living

Light And Easy Pasta Dishes For Your Weeknight

Easy pasta dishes for homemade weeknight dinners

Jun 19, 2012 4:31 pm

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 brings a smile no matter how dreadful your day (or game) was.

Now That's Italian

Zakary Pelaccio's Pasta Con Sarde Recipe

Welcome sardines to your Italian pasta recipe

Jun 13, 2012 3:01 pm

Photo: Michael Schrom

I’ve yet to find a pasta dish using sardines that comes close to this Sicilian classic. Sardines: when they look like that, this is what you do.

Global Cuisine

Chilled Tofu with Crunchy Baby Sardines Recipe

A recipe for tofu with "bacon bits of the sea"

Jun 7, 2012 3:02 pm

Photo: Maren Caruso

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 slightly soft, but they perk up in hot oil and turn wonderfully crispy — like oceanic bacon bits.

Fish Dish

Grilled Sardines, Charred Lemon & Chiles

A recipe for sardines, the great sustainable fish

Apr 19, 2012 5:01 pm

Photo: kawanet on Flickr

Sardines are quick-cooking, versatile, sustainable and tasty! This is finger food at its best, perfect for outdoor cooking and eating.

Healthy Living

An Experiment With Fish Oil Capsules

And health benefits aside, how do they taste?

Nov 11, 2011 11:01 am

Photo: hitthatswitch on Flickr

As a service to you, dear reader, I’ve done something potentially stupid. I just popped a fish oil capsule in my mouth and I’m not going to swallow it, as is recommended, while I write this piece. I’m going to let it dissolve in my mouth, so that I experience one of the few potential downsides of fish oil pills — the taste — while I relay to you the many...

How-Tos

Video Interlude: How to Eat Sardines

We've never been this inspired to eat canned fish

Jul 13, 2011 2:11 pm

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.

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