Category Archives: Recipes
Meet Your Mackerel at the Shack Tonight
The Atlantic mackerel have started swimming through local waters on their way to their cool summering grounds farther north. These are Scomber scombrus, the ones with the bold black markings on their backs. Their arrival coincides with the arrival of … Continue reading
Making Fast Work of the Maine Shrimp Season
Sometimes I don’t feel like cooking. Like the day after our eight-course Groundhog Day celebration of local food over at Preservation Hall (a few photos are over here on FB). But I’m not one to let that stop me from … Continue reading
Into the Briny Deep: Quick Pickled Winter Vegetables
All of us off-season cooks at Mac’s are busy working up a tasting menu for a benefit we’re hosting on one of my favorite holidays: Groundhog Day. We’re still working out the details of each course, but I can tell … Continue reading
Christmas Bisque
This time of year, I’m obsessed with soups. And not just because it’s cold outside. Have you ever noticed how soup works a kind of magic at big holiday feasts? Soup quiets the crowd in a good way. Serve a … Continue reading
The Lobster and the Whale
They’re bright and dramatic. Rich and sweet. Great with bubbly. But just in case you need another reason to serve lobster during this season of so much feasting: the end of the year marks the end of the season for … Continue reading
Farmed Salmon: Maybe Just a Sliver
Some folks from Oklahoma came into our Truro market last week and said they thought our local salmon sure looked good. I hated to be the one to have to break it to them, but New England hasn’t had a … Continue reading
Sweet Wellfleet Blue Eyes
There are fish to be missed at this time of year. The blues, for instance. All of them from mackerel and bluefish to the big bluefin tuna are packing up now to leave our shores until next year. But those … Continue reading
Wellfleet Oysters Smile for the Camera
The folks from the Food Network came to the OysterFest this year, shooting for a new Cooking Channel Show called United Tastes of America. They asked Mac’s to be part of it and I was honored. Until they told me … Continue reading
Mac’s Clambake 2011
The first clambake I ever went to was not on a beach. It was on a parking lot. At a family wedding––not the kind of party a twelve-year-old boy gets real excited about. But there on the blacktop was a … Continue reading
A Spanish Monk: Pan-Roasted Monkfish with Serrano Ham
I always look forward to a few quiet days after Labor Day weekend. But this is not what I had in mind: we’re at sixty degrees outside and day four of the rain that Irene forgot to bring with her. … Continue reading
