Tag: Seafood

Cultivated Meat’s Empty Promise of Revolution

It is a gleaming vision of a world just beyond the present: a world in which meat is abundant and affordable with almost no cost to the environment. Animal slaughter is forgotten. Global warming is restrained. At the heart of the vision is a high-tech factory housing steel tanks as tall as apartment buildings and […]

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Long Island’s Scallops Keep Dying. Not Everyone Has Given Up Hope.

Mike Tehan pilots a fishing boat called Nibbles out of Shelter Island. An hour before sunrise on the first day of scallop season in November, as he unwound the ropes, started the outboard motor and piloted the 25-foot fiberglass boat from an island cove into the open waters of Peconic Bay, Mr. Tehan knew just […]

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Red Lobster’s Popular Endless Shrimp Deal Ate Into Its Profits

Red Lobster’s “irresistible” all-you-can-eat shrimp promotion has indeed proved hard to resist. The Ultimate Endless Shrimp deal has been so popular that it helped cause a drop in third-quarter profit for the restaurant chain, which had to raise the price to $25 from $20. Thai Union Group, which owns a large stake in the chain, […]

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In Belém, Brazil, Addictive Dishes are Flavored by the Rainforest and the River

A foreign visitor walking through Praça Brasil, a leafy square in the Amazonian port city of Belém, might think that the whirring blenders at a dozen nearby food carts were creating the most authentic açaí bowls on earth. That would make sense, for Belém is the capital of Pará state, the global epicenter for growing, […]

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This Fish Spatula Is My Must-Have Tool for Cooking (Almost Everything) Better

There’s a special circle in hell where people are forced to cook delicious food… but are given tools that don’t make sense for the task. Within that circle, there’s a big, beautiful range where people are trying to check pancakes with thick, plastic spatulas where it’s impossible to see what’s happening underneath; they’re trying to […]

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A Local’s Guide to Portland, Maine and Beyond

T’s monthly travel series, Flocking To, highlights places you might already have on your wish list, sharing tips from frequent visitors and locals alike. Sign up here to find us in your inbox once a month, and to receive our weekly T List newsletter. Have a question? You can always reach us at tlist@nytimes.com. Visitors […]

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A Montauk Fisherman Faces Prison Over 200,000 Pounds of Fluke

It was just before dawn when Chris Winkler, a fisherman in Montauk, N.Y., set off on his trawler, the New Age. A longhaired surfer who looks far younger than his 63 years, Mr. Winkler was in flip-flops and shorts, trailed by Murphy, a good-natured Irish water spaniel who is usually his only company. But on […]

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Sam Heughan’s 5 Favorite Places in Glasgow

“The part of ‘Outlander’ that I love the most is the history: the clan culture, the folklore and back stories (and consequences) of the Jacobite Rising,” said Sam Heughan, 42, who has played the heartthrob Highland warrior Jamie Fraser in the time-travel series since 2014. This love of history feeds his passion for the ancient […]

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