Seafood/2 recipes

Pan-fried fish with pecan topping: golden flour-dredged fillets finished under the broiler with a buttery pecan-garlic crust. A Southern classic with rich nutty flavor.

Quick garlic-butter squid sauté with fresh parsley and lemon wedges, ready in under 15 minutes. A Mediterranean-style skillet dish that cooks hot and fast to keep the rings tender.

Tomato basil mussels: fresh mussels steamed open in a broth of white wine, garlic, diced tomatoes, basil, and hot sauce. A 15-minute Mediterranean dinner served in its own briny-tomato broth.

Mouclade, the classic French Bordeaux mussel dish steamed with shallots, white wine, saffron, and cream. Like moules marière's richer, golden cousin.

Lomi lomi salmon: a traditional Hawaiian luau side of diced salt-cured salmon, ripe tomatoes, sweet onion, and green onion, served ice cold in hollowed tomato shells.

Mussels oregano: steamed mussels on the half-shell topped with a garlic-butter oregano bread crumb crust, baked and broiled until crisp. Italian American steakhouse classic for starters at home.

Loaded vegetable shrimp rolls baked until golden, packed with sweet shrimp, crisp mung bean sprouts and bright pineapple. A lighter, oven-baked take on the classic fried appetizer roll.

Grilled prawns with fresh coriander: quickly marinated in soy, rice wine, and sesame oil, then broiled or barbecued and served with a bright cilantro-ginger-rice vinegar dipping sauce. Clean, punchy Chinese-style shrimp in 30 minutes.

Sesame shrimp toasts are crispy Chinese appetizers with minced shrimp, ginger, and five-spice pressed onto bread, coated in sesame seeds, and pan-fried until golden.

Marinated shrimp piled into ripe avocado halves with pickled jalapeño, sweet onion, and a zippy lemon-vinegar bath. A no-fuss Mexican-inspired starter that's bright, cool, and creamy.

Greek fish baked in grape leaves with lemon-thyme-fennel marinade and anchovy butter. Whole small fish wrapped and oven-baked for moist, herbed, Mediterranean-style flesh and dramatic presentation.

Salmon tartare with hand-chopped raw salmon, kalamata olives, fresh oregano, shallots, and lemon. Mediterranean appetizer served with toast points and lemon wedges. No-cook elegant starter.

Tom's Oysters Rockefeller: oysters baked under a rich green sauce of pureed spinach, scallion, celery, and parsley, seasoned with anchovy, anise, and Tabasco. The classic New Orleans baked oyster, done right.

Classic New England lobster rolls piled with sweet lobster tossed in lemony mayo, crisp celery, and parsley, then stuffed into buttered, toasted rolls. A cool, creamy, no-cook take on the seaside favorite.

Coquilles Saint-Jacques: scallops poached in white wine, folded with mushrooms into a creamy velouté enriched with egg yolk and cream, then piled into shells and gratineed golden. The classic French scallop dish.

New Orleans-style barbecued shrimp baked in a buttery Worcestershire-and-herb sauce, peel-on for maximum flavor. The classic Pascal's Manale-inspired dish that's all about sopping the buttery sauce with crusty bread.