About Seafood

Yesterday Greenpeace released its updated seafood sustainability retailer rankings. On its Web site and in its press release it was surprisingly muted in its efforts to claim it had successfully and d...

Today feels like Groundhog Day to me. Once again I woke up and was greeted by yet another retailer ranking list from Greenpeace. This time it revisits its failed seafood sustainability campaign from t...

My world has been completely opened by a new discovery I made on Friday. I can make pasta in the microwave. It never occurred to me before, but noodles plus water plus a microwave-safe container f...

On the eve of its sustainable seafood retailer ranking re-release Greenpeace continues to miss the mark. This time in a letter to the editor in Intra Fish Greenpeace claims its efforts to slash the Al...

As many of you already know Greenpeace's latest effort at misleading the public takes the form of a slickly produced political ad running in Alaska and Washington State. And while it can dress em up ...

Now that I've aired my complaints about having no kitchen, I'm back to talking about meals in restaurants. Newport is a bustling tourist spot in the summer, but by this time of the year it's quite...

When it comes to Alaska pollock, Greenpeace's misinformation campaign keeps coming back to one thing -- not saving a stock but making a buck. Below you'll see that at the end of its Web page dedicated...

I'm now in week five of having no kitchen, and the void is palpable. Taking a kitchen away from an RD is like taking a canvas away from a painter - my art is totally stunted. So what am I doing to cop...

Greenpeace has reached a new low. This time in the face of well-researched science and independent government assessments that say "Alaska pollock population levels are high, and no overfishing is oc...

Next week Greenpeace will reveal its new seafood sustainability retailer rankings that will undoubtedly be followed by direct action against grocery stores that it deems "out of compliance" with its a...

We had a delicious Thanksgiving with Lloyd's parents and sister who flew up to Newport for the holiday. Due to my meager kitchen, it was a restaurant Turkey Day at 22 Bowen's on Newport's waterfr...

In its latest press release The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) announces breathlessly that "Fish & Shellfish Top CSPI Outbreak List." But it's the words inside the 23 page report tha...

Like an early Christmas present Greenpeace has announced it will release its revised retailer rankings on December 9th. And it says there's "more good news to report this time around." Well of course ...

What a wonderful weekend with my mom. I'd love to show you how my wedding dress and wedding hair turned out, but those details are embargoed until January 3. As is always the case when u...

WASHINGTON, D.C. November 17, 2008 In the next few weeks Greenpeace will unveil yet another set of retailer rankings that grade U.S. grocery stores based on their seafood sustainability efforts. It ...