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This week’s fresh catch is Summer Flounder, also known as Fluke, from Morehead City, NC. Summer Flounder is highly prized with lean, white meat and light delicate flavor. Its firm texture allows great flexibility of preparation from broiling and frying, to stuffing and poaching.     Summer Flounder (skin-off fillets) – $25.99 per pound FilletRead more

This week’s mussels are fished from the North East cool waters and brought straight in to the docks in Narragansett, RI. Approximately 16-20 count per pound.   The mussels have been cleaned, so they are “restaurant-ready”.  Just give them a good rinse and throw them right in the pan.  You may have to trim a few beards, butRead more

On the dock this week – fresh, wild caught wahoo from Morehead City, NC. From Sea to Table, “Most wahoo in the US are landed in Hawaii, where the fish is called “ono,” meaning “delicious.” Wahoo is a mild, sweet-tasting fish with a firm texture, moderate oil content, and large, circular flakes. Its flesh isRead more

Fresh caught scallops from New Bedford, MA are dry-packed and completely natural, not soaked or treated. Day Boat Scallops –  $26.99 / lb. Recipe of the Week: Sauteed Scallops over Spaghetti Squash martha stewart Place your order by Thursday for pick up Friday, after 11 am. Call us at 633-2830, email at info@farmersandartisans.com, or stop by toRead more

This week’s fresh catch is Vermillion Snapper. From Sea to Table, “Vermillion Snapper, also known as a beeliner, is caught off of the U. S. coast from NC and around the Florida panhandle to Texas. Similar in appearance to their cousin the Red Snapper, Vermillion Snapper are a smaller fish with lean flesh, a mild, sweetRead more

 A customer favorite is back!  It is trap-caught off of Anchorage AK.  From Sea to Table, “Pacific cod from Alaska is rated as a “Best Choice” by Monterey Bay, & it is especially sustainable when trap-caught.  Traps are great because they don’t cause habitat destruction or have a significant amount of bycatch.”  Pacific cod have a lean, mild and moist flake.Read more

Time to warm up the oven and get out the squash recipes!  We are taking orders for bulk boxes of mixed organic winter squash from Plato Dale Farm. The box will include a nice variety – butternut, spaghetti, acorn, kabucha (Japanese pumpkin), honeynut (read about its history) and new Robin’s Koginut (a hybrid between kabochaRead more

Thursday, November 8 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Announcing our next vegetable cooking class Soups & Slaw using our seasonal fall produce, taught by Jessica Meyers Altman, plant-based chef and nutritionist. Check out Jessica’s blog – Garden Fresh Foodie You’ll be making two soups (butternut squash and fall lentil), plus a cabbage & apple coleslaw usingRead more

Fresh caught scallops from New Bedford, MA are dry-packed and completely natural, not soaked or treated. Day Boat Scallops – $26.99 / lb.   Recipe of the Week: 20 Minute Seared Scallops with Warm Shredded Brussels Sprouts   Place your order by Thursday for pick up Friday, after 11 am. Call us at 633-2830, emailRead more

 The Florida Gulf White shrimp are prized for their sweet, tender meat and easy-to-peel shells. Because they are so fragile, the shrimp are processed quickly and individually quick frozen (IQF).  They are packed in one pound packages. Buy shrimp and pasta to receive 10% off your seafood order!   Shrimp – $19.99 per pound (frozen-approx. 20/lb.)Read more