Fish

Along with salt and pepper, lemons are all you need to season everything from simple pastas to poached fish.

Every culture has a tradition of one-pot meals, and Japan’s donabe happens to be one of the tastiest and most elegant ones on the planet. The word refers both to warming combinations of simmered-together ingredients and to the beautiful earthenware pot they’re traditionally cooked in (we love the gorgeous mushi nabe from Nagatani-en). And while most one-pots are long-cooked, our favorite donabes are kitchen-sink compositions that are ready in minutes. In this particular recipe, chicken, seafood,.…

The fennel seeds turn into an aromatic, crunchy crust on the skin.

We’re into the celery-on-celery concept, but you could make this with celery root alone and it would be great.

During the frenzy of cookie season, put these quick and cozy weeknight dishes on dinner duty.

A robust green demands an aggressive dressing. Use any other kind of radicchio in place of or in tandem with the treviso.

Slow-roasting fish is to cooking seafood what bumper lanes are to bowling: the definition of foolproof—and still pretty fun.

If you can’t find labneh, use full-fat Greek yogurt, and thicken it by letting it sit in a strainer set over a measuring cup for an hour or two.

The lighter, herbier counterpart to porky posole rojo, this brothy stew was made for crisp autumn nights.

How to pull off an elegant, effortless date night? Seafood soup. Make the broth for this rich seafood stew recipe the day before, then sear a couple pieces of fish and reheat the stew during the cocktail hour.

Forget dry salmon. Nobody needs that.

Learn to score your fish properly and cash in on even more crispy bits.

This chowder is built on the cooking liquid from the clams and mussels, and gets its smokiness from the last-minute addition of trout (not bacon!).

Cooking a whole Dover sole like they do at Petit Trois is no easy task (and can turn into an expensive mistake). We modified their sole meunière recipe using fillets instead; equally delicious—and no tears.

Be sure to pat the snapper fillets dry with paper towels to remove as much moisture as you can before slicing.

What makes the dish is a 26-ingredient mole, a riff on the Oaxacan sauce that the chef calls a "happy accident."

Pro tip: Viva brand paper towels are used at Rintaro specifically for insulating the cod from its salty cure and will absorb moisture without falling apart.

Puffed and pulverized wild rice is the new breadcrumb, coating any meaty white fish you like in a nutty, crispy exterior.

Fish can be expensive. Treat it right with these pro cooking tips from chef and seafood master Eric Ripert.

Make this red snapper recipe when you can find really great mushrooms, and use the best Port and Sherry vinegar you can get your hands on—they’re the foundation for the sauce.

A Mexican corn-inspired dip and an insane bacon-and-egg sandwich are among the restaurant recipes our readers want to cook at home this month.

Pasta, fish, and sauce in 30 minutes? Yes, it's possible with our new trusty weeknight dinner.

Freekeh has a smoky flavor that gets more depth when the grains are toasted; you can use wheat berries, spelt, brown rice, or farro instead.

The type of fish you use is less important than its quality. Black bass, striped bass, and fluke all translate well; ask your fish guy for what’s freshest.