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Mariner’s Menu: Summertime Specials

Seafood

Recipes, news, and all the ins and outs of the local seafood scene. Here, you can read about what North Carolinians have been telling people for years. The best seafood on the Atlantic Seaboard comes from our own coast.

image: crab and shrimp salad on lettuce bed.

Mar 26, 2024

Mariner’s Menu: Spring’s Savory Dishes

Spring’s Savory Dishes: Crab and Shrimp Salad, Fresh Deviled Clams, Broiled Soft Crabs With Basil-butter Sauce

image: Broiled Striped Bass with Mediterranean Spice Rub.

Jan 12, 2024

Mariner’s Menu: Winter Wonders

Featuring Parmesan Clams, Broiled Striped Bass with Mediterranean Spice Rub, Fried Shrimp and More.
image: crabs.

Jan 12, 2024

Behind the Business

Perspectives from a Seafood Insider

Jun 29, 2024

Mariner’s Menu

Mariner’s Menu, North Carolina Sea Grant’s popular online seafood guide, features blogger and photographer Vanda Lewis’s pictures with hundreds of recipes that Joyce Taylor developed. Now, you can see what…

Aug 21, 2024

Mariner’s Menu

Recipes for Butter Shrimp, Southern Crab Cakes, Grilled Tuna with Lime Butter, and Sautéed Flounder Amandine.

Jul 2, 2024

The NC Coastal Conference Returns to the Coast

The North Carolina Coastal Conference returns to the coast on November 13 and 14 at the Riverfront Convention Center in New Bern.

Jun 30, 2024

Catching up with John Mallette

Good luck catching up with John Mallette. He’s all over the map, literally.
image: channel catfish faces the camera.

Sep 18, 2023

Sustainable Solutions: Who’s Afraid of New Seafood?

Packed with 16 grams of healthy protein per serving, seasoned catfish skin chips make for a tasty treat.
Flaked Fish Casserole au Gratin in cast iron dish.

Sep 18, 2023

Mariner’s Menu: For Autumn Appetites

FLAKED FISH CASSEROLE AU GRATIN Preheat the oven to 350° F. In a medium saucepan, melt 1/4 cup of butter. Add the flour, mustard, salt, and pepper. Stir in the…
image: shrimp on skewers on a plate with tomatoes and corn.

Jun 2, 2023

Mariner’s Menu: Summertime Specials

Enjoy these summertime specials — and check fish markets around a full moon for fresh soft shell crabs.