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Fish is the ultimate fast, healthful food. Use these sources to find sustainably caught fish and then try these easy recipes to see how fresh fish doesn't need a lot of fuss to make it delicious – just a few seasonings and it's on the table within minutes.
How to Pan Fry Fish
Pan frying fish is, perhaps, the most delicious way to cook any non-fatty fish. See how easy it is with this step-by-step guide.
Parchment (or Foil) Baked Fish
Baking fish in parchment paper or tin foil - known in France and gourmet cooking circles as en papillote - steams the fish with a minimum of fuss and equipment.
Baked Sole With Mint and Ginger
Baked Sole With Mint and Ginger is an easy, flavorful, moist way to bake sole and other delicate fish fillets.
How to Make Boquerones (Marinated Anchovies)
Instructions on how to make your own marinated white anchovies at home. These cured anchovies are called boquerones in Spain and gavros in Greece. Here's how to cure your own anchovies.
Butterflying a Whole Fish
Step by step instructions on how to butterfly, or split, a whole fish. Splitting a fish is a great way to prep a whole fish for stuffing because butterflying removes most of the bones.
How to Cook a Whole Fish
Easy step-by-step directions to dealing with cooking a whole fish.
How to Gut and Scale a Fish
Step-by-step directions to gut and scale a whole fish.
How to Clean Anchovies
Easy step-by-step instructions to clean fresh anchovies.
Grilled Anchovies
A Spanish recipe for grilled small fish, which could be anchovies, smelt, sardines, herrings or even small mackerel.
Grilled Sardines With Mint Salsa
Discover the true flavor of fresh sardines with this simple grilled recipe. Stuffing the sardines with a bright garlicky, lemony, mint mixture tempers the richness of this fish.
Aji Amarillo Halibut Avocado Tostadas
Pacific halibut is a meaty, quick-cooking fish from a well-managed and sustainable fishery. Use it in these chile-laced ceviche-like tostadas.
Grilled Thai Fish
A flavorful marinade of fish sauce, palm or brown sugar, and garlic makes a hit out of any mild fish. Try it with halibut, fresh trout, or bass.

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