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By Allie Moxley Alaska king crab is one of the most popular dishes at seafood restaurants and buffets around the world. These magnificent creatures yield large chunks, of tender, snowy white meat, outlined by flecks of brilliant, bright red. It's delicate, soft flavor and melt in your mouth texture have made king crab prized by legions of refined palates. Fresh from the arctic waters off the coast of Alaska, nothing beats this delicious treat. This article discusses how to cook king crab legs, including grilling, boiling, steaming and baking. Harvested in the Bering Sea and beyond, these crustaceans are known for their copious amounts of rich, succulent meat.  They have a tender, delicate flavor and are an excellent source of protein. They are extremely low and fat and incredibly easy to prepare.  When first learning how to cook king crab legs, keep in mind that you really can't make mistakes. It's really simple; you'll be cooking like a pro in no time. ...

Empanadas are stuffed pastries and the name literally means, "wrapped in bread." An empanada is usually made by folding a round dough patty in half over the stuffing, making them semicircular. These tasty little snacks are incredibly popular and they make suitable fare for any meal or occasion. A Look at Empanadas from Galicia to Latin America The type of empanadas you might find as part of a Mexican typical meal are thought to come from Galicia in Spain. These snacks arrived in Latin America with the Galician colonists. An authentic Galician empanada is a large round or square pie, cut into slices. This makes it a hearty, filling and portable lunch for workers. Portable food variations include Cornish pasties, Indian samosas, Italian calzone, and turnovers of different types. A lot of cultures have their own version of "pocket" dishes or meat pies because they are both hearty and portable. Chicken, cod or pork loin are popular fillings for Galician em...

By David Urmann For the Japanese, sushi implies vinegared rice typically topped with meats, fish and vegetables. Outside Japan, sushi is more often mistaken as "raw fish" or "raw seafood." In Japan, they call sliced raw fish, sashimi. It is different from sushi because sashimi implies purely on the raw fish part. In Archaic grammar, "sushi" literally means "it's sour." There are several types of sushi. The Nigirizushi sushi consists of toppings laid with "hand-formed" rice clumps. Aside from topping it with vinegared rice, it is also dabbed with wasabi and a bite-size, thin slice of fish, egg or various other seafoods. Although the egg is cooked, the seafood and fish can be served raw. The types of fish you can use are salmon, tuna, mackerel and eel. When eating Nigirizushi, make sure that the rice side is not dipped into the soy sauce. The fish side should be the one dipped or it will fall apart. You can do this alt...

By Allie Moxley You've probably read dozens of articles boasting the amazing health benefits of eating the pink fleshed fish. You most likely order a nice cut of rich, succulent salmon in a simple lemon sauce at your favorite seafood restaurant. But when it comes to picking out salmon at your local market, you're clueless. No worries, though, with this salmon buyer's guide you'll soon be a pro at shopping for the fish. Although frozen salmon is available all year long, nothing beats fresh salmon. First of all, whether you are buying steaks or fillets, there are a few things you should keep an eye out for. When buying salmon you want to look for a nice, bright pink color. The flesh should be firm to the touch; if you press your finger into it, the flesh should bounce back. The smell should be fresh, slightly reminiscent of the sea and ozone; it shouldn't have a fishy smell to it. The fish shouldn't be at all sticky or tacky. If you're buying a ...

By Tracy Falbe Cooking food on the grill is the most ancient way to prepare dinner, and the barbeque enjoys a special relationship with pork. All meats turn out great on the grill, but pork develops an especially wonderful flavor after spending some time with the fire. This pork recipe combines the gifts of the grill with the next best thing to happen to pork: sweetness. Honey and apricot preserves glaze the pork while it grills, and you prepare whole fresh apricots on the grill as well to provide a nutritious accompaniment for the meat. Recipe ingredients: 2 whole boneless pork tenderloins (about 1-1/2 pounds) Salt and pepper to taste 6 firm ripe apricots 1/3 cup apricot preserves 1/2 cup honey 2 Tablespoons dry sherry 1 Tablespoon maple syrup 1/3 cup Dijon mustard 6 sprigs fresh parsley 1/2 teaspoon salt Black pepper   Start by making the apricot mustard glaze. Blend the apricot preserves, honey, sherry, maple syrup, mustard, parsley, and salt until smooth. Then...

By J. A. Lloyd This world famous Valencian dish is served in almost every Spanish restaurant on the Costa Blanca. Originally a poor mans meal it was made with rabbit and/or local seafood. Rice is the basis of this aromatic dish as the communidad of Valencia has been the rice growing centre of Spain for centuries. Commonly, but mistakenly, known as Paella, which means a type of cooking pan, it is the established favourite Sunday meal amongst Valencians. Both foreign tourist and local residents enjoy the paella served up by their local eatery. It seems that each restaurant produces their own particular recipe to appeal to their regulars The dish is cooked in a paella, which is a large round flat pan similar to a frying pan but with two handles. Hence the mistaken name of the dish. The pan is placed on a paellero which is normally a barbeque or a gas ring, although traditionally it is cooked on an open wood burning fire. The typical pan for cooking paella is very shallow, ...

By Allie Moxley There is nothing like a delicious salmon fillet, whether grilled, fried, baked, or even eaten raw! Salmon just has that incomparable flavor and texture that everybody craves, and when it's ocean caught salmon from Alaska that you're talking about, there is just no beating it. Alaskan waters are famed the world over for their abundance in seafood, and in particular for the outstanding salmon species harvested in the wild. There are many advantages to wild salmon, and not all of them have to do with the flavor and the texture-though those are very important factors that a lot of consumers discriminate by. In addition to these more superficial concerns, there is the issue of the actual nutritional value of ocean caught salmon versus farm raised salmon. After exhaustive study on the topic, it is abundantly clear that wild salmon is much better for our health, and that farmed salmon can include chemicals in the flesh that present significant health ris...