lobster Archives - The Taste Edit

August 3, 2016

Lobster Salad

The Taste Edit loves to make seafood salads with shrimp, crab, or lobster.

We made a quick trip up to Napa last weekend and got a taste of the heat that most of the country has been dealing with the past few weeks. We’ve gotten so accustomed to our chilly and foggy San Francisco summer that it’s easy to forget that our friends and family around the country are dealing with extreme... Continue Reading

July 14, 2016

Lobster Pasta

We spent our fifth wedding anniversary on the Amalfi Coast a few years ago, and one of our hotels had the most amazing lobster and martini bar. Their lobster pasta is one of the most memorable dinners from our trip. During our weekend at the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, we went out early in the morning for... Continue Reading

June 5, 2016

Shellfish Stock

Shellfish stock is such a simple and basic recipe, but it’s hard to find a place that will sell shells. We started saving our shrimp, crab, and lobster shells in one of these bags in the freezer. We had to shell ten lobsters last New Year’s Eve. Where did those shells go? Into the freezer. When we make shrimp,... Continue Reading

June 4, 2016

How To Cook a Lobster

We don’t eat lobster very often, so it’s rare that we cook it at home. However, there are times we’ve had to do it, for example at our New Year’s party this year. It always reminds us of the scene from Julie and Julia where Julie has to psych herself up to drop the lobster... Continue Reading

January 5, 2016

Lobster “On the Half Shell”

Our joint New Year’s Eve party featured a seated formal dinner. Since Dungeness Crab season has been suspended indefinitely in California, interfering with our holiday plans (see our crab-less cioppino recipe in this post), we thought live Maine lobster from Water2Table would be the next best thing. The trouble with lobster (and any... Continue Reading