Real Bouillabaisse (Bouillabaisse Marseillaise)

This bouillabaisse recipe will allow you to make a fish stew that's much closer to the classic Provençal version, no matter where you live.

Quick and Easy Vegetable Stock

Stock-making is often an involved process, requiring, at the very least, a special shopping trip and some simmering time. But when you can't put in that kind of effort, this basic vegetable stock will work wonders. It's quick and easy, and far better than store-bought vegetable stock or a flavorless alternative like water.

Homemade Beef Stock

A classical French recipe for homemade beef stock. Vastly superior to any store-bought stock, and one of the main things that distinguishes home and restaurant cooking.

Halibut à la Nage (Poached in Broth) With Clams, Dill, and White Wine

This easy one-pot dish features halibut and clams gently poached in an aromatic broth with fennel, white wine, dill, and celery.

Quick and Easy Broiled Bluefish Fillets With Lime Aioli

A rich and juicy fish that's almost impossible to cook to the point of dryness, bluefish is practically custom-built for simple preparations like this one, where it's rubbed with a lime- and chile-spiked aioli, roasted until tender, then quickly broiled until browned on top. It's so easy, you can have it on the table in under 30 minutes.

Pan-Seared Fish With Shiitake Mushrooms

A 20 minute meal of fresh fish in a lemon butter sauce with sauteed mushrooms.

Chicken stock

A classic recipe for homemade chicken stock, easy to make and vastly superior to store bought! Made with chicken bones.

Deep Fried Fish Bones

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Fish with White Wine Sauce

An elegant, white wine sauce for fish that looks and tastes luxurious but is incredibly easy to make using a simple restaurant trick!

Fish Seasoning (great all-rounder)

A good Fish Seasoning is an easy way to make any fish delicious – fast! This spice rub mix is based on Old Bay Seasoning and is a combination of spices for fish that works