Everyday is Learning: Triggerfish Lesson

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 in Hiroko's Blog

I spotted very unique looking fish at the Blue Moon fishmonger at Union Square greenmarket last week. It reminded me of kawahagi in Japan. The fish has the same funny face, big head and round body as the one, kawahagi, that I know in Japan. Stephanie called it triggerfish. In Japanese kawahagi literally means “removing the sheet (of scales)”. The fish is named so, because when we scale this fish the sheet of scale can be removed by hands by pulling it from the...

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This Coming Sat. Free Fish Demo and Tasting at Grand Army Plaza

Posted on Sep 15, 2014 in Hiroko's Blog

Please join me at Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket (Prospect Park West & Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn) this coming Saturday, September 20th, from 11:00am to 2:00pm for additional seafood filleting and cooking demonstration (https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn-grand-army-plaza) Stephanie Villani of Blue Moon Fish Co, from Mattituck, NY, will join me. Stephanie and her husband, Alex, sell the freshest, locally caught fish at Greenmarket in New York City. I am a great...

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