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Monterey Bay Aquarium

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    January 15, 2013

    The Food Rorschach Test: What Do You See in What You Eat?

    Food as art is an overwrought concept; so is food as therapy. But food as art and therapy? Now, that's more fun. And so, we created a little quiz similar to the inkblot test you might have taken during one of your early therapy sessions: Take a look at each photograph, consider what you're seeing an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    10 Best Seafood Restaurants in Los Angeles

    With all the talk in our culture of locavorism, sometimes the noise of that discussion can have the odd effect of drowning out one our region's signature wild food sources. We do live in a coastal city, after all, and stretching back millenia inhabitants of the Los Angeles area have sustained themse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Best Asian Grocery That's Not 99 Ranch: Hawaii Supermarket

    "Let's go the aquarium!" my uncle said to me once, when I was 6. Off we went, into an amazing display of enormous crabs, colorful fish, and slimy eels. We bought a crab, which they were nice enough to steam for us before we left. As it turned out, this was 99 Ranch, not the aquarium, but I was im ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Shark Fin Smuggler Caught at Border

    No more shark fin soup in California.​Now that the sale of shark fins for commercial purposes is illegal under both state and federal law, we'll likely see more incidents like this: A Mexican woman was stopped at the border in San Ysidro, California allegedly trying to smuggle shark fins into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Faux Shark Fin Soup: A Recipe From the Monterey Bay Aquarium

    Courtesy of the Monterey Bay AquariumFaux shark fin soup.​Now that the California Shark Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the sale, consumption and trade of shark's fin -- and with it shark fin soup -- sits on Governor Jerry Brown's desk, waiting for his approval (probably), here's a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Your Local White Meat: Abalone

    Kathy A. McDonaldAbalone and kelp thrive at The Cultured Abalone, Santa Barbara​Dining on sea snail may sound less than appetizing. Dining on abalone sounds luscious. But abalone's white, delicately flavored briny flesh is essentially that of a sea snail: a muscled mollusk, which consumes alga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Bye Bye, California Sea Otter? Absurdly Cute Sea Mammal Is on the Outs, Say Scientists

    Oh no you did not​Say it isn't so! The California sea otter, our No. 1 draw to water zoos and aquariums for as long as we can remember, has flippered its adorable little way to the environmental danger zone in a recent California Department of Fish and Game count. There's only 2,711 left in e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Project Fishmap, Monterey Bay Aquarium's Newest App: Almost as Much Fun as Angry Birds

    ​Here's something new to add to your phone if you're a seafood lover. No, not a bluefin tuna version of Angry Birds, although that would be kind of fun. Slightly more useful is Project FishMap, a new feature of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch app, which lets you tag any of more than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    More Shark Sightings In Southern California: Warning Issued In La Jolla

    ​It's been a strange summer all around, what with record-low temperatures, spring-like conditions along the coast and several shark sightings. The latest great white shark sighting happened off La Jolla Shores in San Diego over the weekend. A lifeguard spotted one of the beasts with high-powe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Great White Sharks Love L.A. Coastal Waters Too

    ​When great white sharks were spotted off the Southern California coast in June it seemed a little unusual, but experts say it's not: It turns out that -- hold on to your boardshorts -- great whites often call Los Angeles coastal waters home sweet home. Indeed, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Last Big Sardine Cannery Closes How to Become a Sardinista

    Monterey Public Library, California History Room1943 storm hitting Monterey Harbor, pushing the sardine fleet onto shore​ Today the last big sardine cannery in America is closing its doors. The Stinson Seafood plant, located in Prospect Harbor, Maine, is closing after a century of operation, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Fish Tale: Does Trader Joe's Sell Endangered Seafood?

    File this under Good Stores Doing Bad Things. The environmentally sensitive consumer's dilemma is embodied in Four Story blogger Nathan Walpow's recent post, "My World Is Coming Down Around Me," about charges that Trader Joe's is not green enough when it comes to protecting fish.

  • Eat+Drink

    September 4, 2008

    What I Ate on My Summer Vacation

    Bobcat Bites to Morning Glory

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