This summer we’ve been fortunate enough to travel everywhere from Savannah to Philadelphia. Along the way, one food has popped up over and over again- the crab cake. From crab cakes at my cousin’s wedding to the Low Country Crab Cake I enjoyed Monday (more on that later), it’s been the summer of crab. And [...]
Tag Archives: seafood
Whole Roasted Snapper
First of all, for those of you who have so sweetly been asking, I wanted to let you know that my parents, family, friends, and their possessions in the Outer Banks are fine. As you might know my dad, Capt’n James Rosemond, lives in Morehead City most of the year running his dive charter, Tortuga [...]
Jan’s Seafood Boil
This past weekend we hosted a Seafood Boil in our backyard using my stepmom Maddie’s recipe for the Picnic Series. A few dozen people stopped by over the course of the day bringing treats and smiles. We ate, a lot, enjoyed the beautiful day, and discussed the moral dilemmas associated with the boiling of seafood. Nieces! [...]
Habanero Grouper
Approximately two years ago, Dan and I planted a jalapeño plant and a habanero plant. They grew, and they grew, and then they flowered… but our apartment didn’t get enough light (or heat) for them to bear fruit. So they sat, for years, just barely hanging on. Until we moved into this great apartment that [...]
Seafood Stew
One of the things I learned at art school was that I’m not special. That sounds a little harsh. I mean, specifically, that my life story, the things that have happened to me and the challenges that I’ve faced, aren’t unique. When I was growing up I was one of the few people I knew [...]












