Before we start talking seafood, you should understand one thing. This writer is a dyed-in-the-wool New Englander with an Italian heritage and two chefs in the family. We don’t just eat seafood – we live with it, argue about it, tell seafood stories and arrange our summer outings to take us to the best seafood restaurants around. The perfect plate of Maine steamers isn’t a meal to us – it’s an epiphany. We believe that clam chowder is white, serving lobsters without butter is sacrilege, and there’s only one use for the bathtub on a summer Saturday morning – to hold the lobsters and clams for the clambake later that afternoon.
Our love affair with seafood has led to the creation of wonderful recipes. Whether you’re a seafood traditionalist or crave a bit of seafood excitement in your life, you’ll find something that you like among my favorite summer seafood recipes.
Grumpy John’s Seafood Grill
Grumpy John was christened such by the grandkids almost as soon as they could talk. The one thing on which you could count on a Summer Sunday was that Grumpy John would be manning the grill – which meant the food would be sizzled perfection. He developed this version of a classic seafood beach bake when they stopped letting us dig clambakes down at Green Harbor Beach.
