Danish Smoked Shrimp

The Røgerie Gudhjem is one of two dozen working smokehouse-restaurants scattered across Bornholm Island in Denmark. Founded in 1912, it now serves a thousand hungry people a day in summer. […]

Lobster-Clambake

Wood Oven Lobster Mac and Cheese

Chappaquiddick Smoked Oysters

Smoked oysters used to mean salty, oily bivalves packed in cans like sardines. You likely wrapped them in bacon and broiled them (angels on horseback) or pureed them with cream […]

Smoked Shrimp and Corn Chowder

NOLA Smoked Shrimp

Smoked Shrimp Cocktail with Chipotle Orange Sauce

Chipotle-Smoked Oysters

Dungeness Crab Jalapeño Poppers

Barbecued Oysters

A New Shrimp Cocktail

I’ve never understood the popularity of the conventional shrimp cocktail. After all, boiling is the worst way to cook shrimp—it removes, not adds, flavor and produces a rubbery texture. And […]

Grilled Octopus

The fire brings out the sweetness of the delicate white meat, which in turn absorbs the flavors of olive oil, oregano, and charcoal without surrendering its own. Cleaning and tenderizing […]