Scampi Butter Sauce Recipe

I love this Scampi Butter Sauce Recipe.  Its easy to make after a long day at work.   I first made it for a sauce to go on the Calamari Steaks.  The Calamari Steaks didn’t need it but I was looking for something to add special for my husband the night of our wedding anniversary.  Wow –… Read More

Calamari Steaks

We love Calamari Steaks.  More and more doctors are telling their patients to lay off the steaks.  No problem.  No more beef steaks and instead cook a seafood steak.  Start by trying the Calamari Steaks. They come from very large squids that are then sliced.  Calamari Steaks come frozen in either 1 pound packages or 5 pound boxes. The… Read More

Steelhead Trout Recipe

The Steelhead Trout recipe uses fresh trout fillets for a delicious and easy recipe.  The Steelhead Trout are from the cold, pristine waters of the Columbia River in Washington.  They are sustainable fish.   I thought the Steelhead Trout was going to look like the trout we’d fish for in lakes.  Surprise!  The Steelhead Trout are so much bigger.  I was… Read More

Deviled Crab Meat

Deviled Crab Meat was Nonno Tom’s favorite seafood meals. He enjoyed eating!   Nonno Tom (Tom Lazio) would unload the harvest from the local San Francisco crab boats.  He’d give the orders to his men to cook up some of the fresh catch.  Next, either he would pick the crab himself or have one of his employees pick the meat out of… Read More

Dungeness Crab Marinade

Our grandmother( Annetta Alioto Lazio) had 7 brothers.  Her brother, Sal Alioto, was an incredible cook.  By day Uncle Sal would the sell the local catch working along side my grandfather.   By night he’d would spend hours in the kitchen working with his seafood recipes.  Dungeness Crab was one of his favorite ingredients in his recipes.  He liked to serve the crabs at room temperature.   Uncle Sal whipped… Read More

VIA Magazine SF Fisherman’s Wharf Hidden Treasure

VIA Magazine Sept/Oct 2013 – “Women stayed upstairs keeping the books,” Traverso says.  But after Tom Lazio died in 1998, Traverso, her two sisters, their mom, and their grandmother took over.   Via Magazine or  the article in its entirety http://www.viamagazine.com/destinations/san-franciscos-waterfront… Read More

Families Flock to SF for a ‘Traditional’ Bay Area Thanksgiving Feast

KQED’S STEPHANIE MARTIN: Around the country most agree that a Thanksgiving meal isn’t complete without the turkey. But in the Bay Area many families say the same about Dungeness crab. The buttery sweet crustacean usually hits the market in November just in time for the holidays. Angel Cincotta grew up in the family that runs… Read More

Dungeness crab season, most festive of all

Here’s a toast to the most festive season in this part of the world. It’s not the one you are thinking of. We’re talking about Dungeness crab season. The crab boats are in, the stores are piled high with crab, and it’s time for family, friends, wine and French bread. Never mind anything else you… Read More

Three generations of women -gloveless and fearless

Dungeness is sold by the pound at a counter made of wooden fish crates stacked upside down, at prices usually better than at a fish market or grocery store. The value added is in the scene: three generations of women representing two old North Beach Italian families, gloveless and fearless as they toss the feisty… Read More