• Uncategorized Blog

    Our new kitchen

    It's 8:00am sharp, and I'm listening out my window to trumpets blasting "The Star-Spangled Banner." No, this isn't in honor of Election Day - it's a daily tradition at Naval Station Newport, where I...

  • Health Blog

    Seafood tasting

    As of 1:00am this morning (delayed flight followed by dead car) I am back from Chicago. It was a wonderful trip. The highlight was a half day "Fish School" workshop we held at the Washburne Culin...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Guides, Lists, Logs, Contradictions and Confusion

    Let me start by saying we are not opposed to efforts to educate people about seafood sustainability. In fact sustainable seafood is the life blood of our community. It's important for consumers to und...

  • Health Blog

    Truthiness

    Today I'm writing from Chicago, where I've been since Friday and will stay through Tuesday for the biggest gathering of registered dietitians there is - the American Dietetic Association Food and Nutr...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Get The Lead (make that mercury) Out

    What would you think if someone sent you a gift promoting a sushi pocket guide that was supposed to, among other things, help protect you from the perceived evils of things like mercury... but the gif...

  • Health Blog

    Pescetarian

    Today I read a little article in the Dallas Morning News about a 12-year-old girl who chooses to eat pescetarian style. This means no meat or poultry, but fish is welcome. This is actually a fairly c...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Reuters Is Not Above Reproach (II)

    According to the Reuters blog that tracks and responds to reader reactions to mistakes, none of its 2,500 reporters have made a mistake that's been called too its attention in the last 6 days. Wow, t...

  • Health Blog

    New York Sushi

    This past weekend, Lloyd and I were in New York visiting friends and enjoying fall in the city. I also attempted to go veil shopping, but failed miserably because I have no idea what I want. ...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Confusing Guidance

    Here come the guides-- the Blue Ocean Institute, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Monterey Bay Aquarium have all launched sustainable sushi guides that not only conflict with red and green lists...

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    Times They Arent A Changin

    It wasn't that long ago that NFI went head-to-head with the New York Times over its misuse of science and distortion of data in reporting about seafood. You might remember that led to not only a corre...

  • Sustainability Press Release

    To All Health, Science, Food and Lifestyle Reporters and Editors

    Washington, DC and Miami, Florida, October 21, 2008 -- Tomorrow the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program, the Blue Ocean Institute and the Environmental Defense Fund will release new pocket g...

  • Health Blog

    Wedding food tasting

    Yesterday my lunch consisted of fourteen hors d'oeuvres. Then four pieces of cake for dessert. I didn't eat it all, of course, but took at least a couple bites of everything because I had som...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Reuters Is Not Above Reproach

    "All of Thomson Reuters will also uphold the Reuters Trust Principles of integrity, independence and freedom from bias. This commitment is more than a source of pride. It is the core of who we are," t...

  • Health Blog

    Cold weather caprese salad

    Today I want to talk about one of my favorite non-fish foods, caprese salad. Traditionally a summery salad featuring in-season tomatoes, this treat has a couple variations appropriate for...

  • Health Blog

    Newport seafood

    My Columbus Day weekend was spent celebrating, not exactly the discovery of America, but the discovery of Newport, Rhode Island. Lloyd just started a three month Marine JAG training there at the N...