Posts Tagged ‘lobster’
Lobster in Blue
This was the lonely last soul in the tank at a seafood restaurant at the South Street Seaport in New York City on Sunday. I’m all for eating lobster, but this fellow (or lady) pulls even my heart strings.
Read MoreWild Vermont Lobster
Ran across Les Hook and Nova Kim from the “northeast Kingdom of Vermont” at the New Amsterdam Market in New York yesterday. I did a double-take when I saw the packages marked “Wild Vermont Lobster.” Ain’t no ocean there, folks. Of course, what they were selling was “lobster” mushrooms, harvested by hand and dried. Does anyone…
Read MoreLobster Claw Stiletto Booties
The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today. Fashion designer Alexander McQueen, commenting in the New York Times Magazine on his ’lobster claw stiletto booties’ The magazine reports: During Paris fashion week in October, Alexander McQueen sent down the runway lobster-claw ankle booties that were the highest, and probably the strangest, shoes we…
Read MoreLobster Is So Cheap That …
Not sure how I feel about this lobster grilled-cheese sandwich. The poor lobster’s fortunes seem to be falling awfully fast. What say you? Lobster meat’s financial status has been tumbling for some time now; if you’re curious why, I unraveled some of the mystery of cheap lobster prices a while back on The Atlantic. It’s…
Read MoreChef throws live lobster at customers
Chef throws live lobster at customers And I thought sushi chefs were crazy.
Read MoreYou should read “The Secret Life of Lobsters” by Trevor Corson. An amazing book. Lobster sex is a great metaphor for life. For reals. Mary Beth Bass, “paranormal, contemporary, and historical romance novelist” on Twitter. Finally, a woman who understands me.
Read MoreMore sex and violence than “True Blood”?
The book “The Secret Life of Lobsters” has more sex and violence in it that most episodes of True Blood, and has the added benefit of being slightly less embarrassing to trot out in conversation. Sports Blog Nation Wait, less embarrassing? Anyway, I love this. Sports Blog Nation uses The Secret Life of Lobsters as…
Read MoreL.L. Bean heiress declares war on Canada’s “impostor lobsters”
L.L. Bean heiress declares war on Canada’s “impostor lobsters” Linda Bean told the Boston Globe: We want to engender in people’s minds a sense of trust about the product that our fish is authentic from Maine, handled professionally and safely, wild caught and sustainable. From the Globe & Mail article: Bestselling author of The Secret Life of…
Read MoreHow to Kill a Lobster Humanely
In my previous post I walk you through the step-by-step instructions for killing a lobster humanely (with pictures); I’ve also posted an essay on the same topic today on The Atlantic, in which I talk more about the context of the issue.
Read MoreHow to Cook a Lobster Humanely
Debate is raging over in Europe (and in the pages of New Scientist magazine) about whether crustaceans should have legal rights, like cows and pigs. The animal-rights crowd frets that these underwater bugs might feel pain when we boil them alive. Here is my tried-and-true solution to this question: As the author of the definitive…
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