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Susan McCrory
Mare, a “‘coastal Italian eatery” in the North End is partnering with The CleanFish Alliance to host a sustainable seafood dinner on Tuesday, January 19. Mare Executive Chef Greg Jordan chose the menu, which will include blue abalone from Bream Bay, New Zealand, and Laughing Bird shrimp from Belize (not sure about the carbon footprint issue here, but I hope to find out). Organic and sustainable wine pairings, all of them Italian, will be offered and commented on by a rep from The Wine Bottega. The Bottega, also in the ‘hood on Hanover Street, was a Best of Boston winner last year.
A propos, if you haven’t already read it, head to Clare Leschin-Hoar’s article “The Dish on Fish” in the Winter 2010 issue of Edible Boston. Clare writes about local efforts to bring sustainable seafood to the plates of Boston area consumers, the complexity of choosing responsibly the fish that we eat, and the first official community-supported fishery (CSF) in Boston, the Cape Ann Fresh Catch CSF. Her article concludes with a “Best of the Best” list of fish choices.
In early February there will be a showing of End of the Line, self-proclaimed as “the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans,” at Tufts University. Read more about the event at the Slow Food Boston site.
The 19th Annual Boston Wine Expo is coming up on January 23-24. Want some tips on how to navigate the scene? Check out Drinks Are On Me.
And safe travels to PRK’s Jessica Alpert, who’s off to Brazil for the week! She said she’d have a capirinha for me on the sands of Ipanema (yeh, thanks Jessica), but can’t we all one-up her by making a capirinha and quaffing it right here in frosty New England?
Sigh.
The End of the Line is fascinating. If you are at all interested in the fate of fish (and all the issues that are interconnected with the fate of fish) I highly recommend that you see this film.
Thanks for the shout-out Susan.
End of the Line is an excellent film, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the issues surrounding overfishing. Charles Clover will be launching a US version of his http://www.Fish2Fork.com website later this month, which will be a great resource for discovering chefs/restaurants that care about sustainability issues. It will also make note those that do not.
Fish2Fork US will go live, web disasters permitting, at the end of this week. The UK version is already up. Screenings of the film, The End of the Line, can be found or requested on endoftheline.com and the Home DVD will be available Feb. 23 (orders can be placed now at docurama.com). Do help us at Fish2fork by ratting on a restaurant that serves endangered fish or patting a chef on the back for serving sustainable seafood.