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burrata, proscuitto and blackberry salad

Monday: penne with raw tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and basil Tuesday, chicken cutlet over corn-arugula salad Wednesday, spicy salmon lettuce cups and fried rice Thursday, chef salad

I've been back since Monday but have not had time to finish this up. Here are the last couple of meals. One day we stopped in to the hotel lounge for a snack of guacamole We hiked along Bermuda's South Shore to work up an appetite for dinner. Here's a picture of my favorite beach We headed to The Dock for pre-dinner drinks View Dinner was at the Waterlot We were seated in the Wine Cellar, which was extremely dark, so I did not get pictures of everything. Garlic roll Wedge salad Beef tartare Fish sampler Last day...we had a quick lunch at Jasmine before heading to the airport. View Shrimp caesar Southwest chicken salad And that's it. It does look like we will be coming down for two weeks next summer. We will be staying in a house (two houses, actually), with a group, and probably only eating out once or twice. I should be able to share some photos of the markets and local foods then. That trip might end up being a better post on the "Bermuda cooking" thread. Until next summer

After a morning at the beach we went to the beach cabana for lunch. Pretty good caesar salads--one with wahoo one with shrimp We went back to the Ocean Club for dinner because lazy. Drinks Shrimp appetizer grilled asparagus old bay fries wahoo pink sunset

Nope, not at all. So many islands in the Caribbean were devastated. One of the reasons we came down now is that we are investigating homes to rent next summer. We usually go to St. John for two weeks, but thanks to Irma and Maria, that won't happen next year. So many homes were destroyed and it is going to take a while to rebuild. On to happier thoughts...we were upgraded to the Gold floor, which includes free breakfast, snacks, tea, desserts, and an honor bar. So far we have taken advantage of the breakfast, and a glass of wine from the honor bar. We have not been at the hotel when the other stuff is on offer. Here's a random breakfast plate. The offerings are extensive. And the breakfast view Here's the hotel beach We had fish sandwiches on the beach for lunch. They were made with wahoo, one of my favorites. Lunch view Grilled fish sandwich Fried fish sandwich The hotel is adjacent to Horseshoe Bay, one of the most beautiful beaches on the island. We spent the afternoon swimming there and working up an appetite for dinner We ate at Mickey's Bistro at the Elbow Beach Hotel. The restaurant is right on the beach House cured salmon Grilled seafood platter. This had amberjack, mahi mahi, octopus, scallops, and I think calamari. Seafood stew: shrimp, salmon, mahi mahi, scallops, and calamari in a lovely herbed tomato sauce We were too full for dessert.

I'm in Bermuda for a quick vacation. We are staying at the Southampton Princess. Here's the view from our room. A quick bite in the Jasmine Lounge, tuna on masa rounds with some sort of spicy slaw We had dinner at the Ocean Club. Our table view Drinks Warm rolls Wahoo seveche It's lobster season, so husband got the grilled lobster special I had a grilled seafood assortment of wahoo, shrimp, scallops, and calamari we shared some spinach and the hotel sent us a complimentary dessert of mini pina colada ice cream cones

Wednesday night I made a clean out the fridge corn and cheddar chowder before heading off for a quick vacation. There's more in the freezer for when we get back home.

roast salmon with simmered cherry/grape tomatoes

rosemary rolls Pasta with eggplant from the Six Seasons cookbook

I am sorry that my dinner choice sort of derailed this topic. I can tell you that bluefin tuna is only available directly from Massachusetts fishermen for a brief time and we are told it is sustainable. That said, in the interest of eGullet I will ask both of the purveyors of the bluefin that I have access to about the issue. One is at my farmer's market (Red's Best) and the other is on Cape Cod (Mac's Seafood). I am not sure how much information I will get from Red's but I know Mac's will be forthcoming. I will see Red's on Tuesday and Mac's the first week of October. After I talk to both of them I will start a new topic (unless one already exists, I'll look) where we can debate the merits of eating various controversial foodstuffs. I'm having fish for dinner tomorrow night. What kind, I don't know, but it won't be tuna. I'm in a fish share and we eat what they give us--usually a lesser known local white fish (please no pollock)

I live in Massachusetts. The tuna fishery is highly regulated here. There is a strict quota and reporting system in place. The boats go out of Cape Ann or Cape Cod and fishing is done by harpoon or hand line The Atlantic bluefin tuna does not appear on the Massachusetts Divisions of Fisheries and Wildlife list of endangered, threatened, or species of concern. In fact, the National Marine Fisheries Service increased the catch limit this season from one fish to four fish per vessel per day.

The other night, hake veracruzana with yellow rice Last night, burrata caprese salad and local bluefin tuna

Stay safe. The photos and video from the Caribbean are horrifying. The damage is so bad to the island I love that I don't know when I will be able to return :-( A quick meal the other night before watching the Twin Peaks finale: scallop rolls. No lettuce because I'd been away for Labor Day weekend and not been to the food store yet Tonight: grilled chicken meatballs in a spicy soy sauce with bok choy and rice

Final update for this trip. My sister and my niece went home Monday morning as niece started school today. The rest of us went to the Beachcomber to close it for the season. Fried clams, of course Steamers fishwich Oyster po boy Fish and chips Shrimp caesar Then everyone left except my husband and myself. We had dinner at Mac's Shack. Oysters Mexican (chiles, cilantro and lime) Ritz cracker crusted bluefish Roasted halibut with polenta, kale, and mushrooms with asparagus sauce Final meal, husband and I had lunch at the Pearl. Oysters Shrimp tacos Five spice crusted toro with sesame slaw And that's it! I'll be returning for 10 days in October, which will encompass the Wellfleet Oysterfest. Hopefully this year there will actually be oysters! Last year there was a salmonella outbreak and the beds were closed. Until next time, here's a photo of Cahoon Hollow, one of my favorite beaches for long walks.

We stopped in to Mac's Shack for a snack the other day. Drinks Oysters Salmon tartare Spicy tuna mango martini

tuna bolognese

We are back in Wellfleet for the Labor Day weekend. Thursday night we went to Winslow's Tavern. I did not get photos of everything because it was dark. Drinks Swordfish Crudo Scallops on sweetcorn risotto Yesterday we spent the day in Provincetown and went back to Mac's Fish House. Drinks Fried clams with chili salt Spicy tuna bites Steamed buns with fried oysters Gon jah mon roll Swordfish reuben Big kahuna roll Scallop roll Shrimp caesar salad

I made a couple of seafood pizzas last night. I'm on vacation and using a strange oven and the lighting's not so great, but it tasted good. White clam pizza Lobster pizza

chicken over a spinach, corn, and tomato saute

When I was a wee one, lobster and steamer clams were my favorite foods. An unsupervised all you can eat clambake at my aunt's house at age 7 resulted in my consumption of three lobsters and four full bowls of steamer clams and I also drank the broth, sand and all. As you can imagine, I got terribly sick thanks to my gluttony. I have had lobster only once since then, in 1997 at Biba restaurant in Boston. I ate one bite of their then famous lobster pizza. I still have not had another steamer clam dunked in broth than butter. Yum! That's my kind of dinner. Husband's plate of cockles in wine broth with lobster over garlic toast with fennel. Adapted from a recipe in this month's Bon Appetit. Mine had no lobster, obviously :-)

Sandwich night (again). BLT for me. Warm lobster in brioche mini rolls for the husband. I personally hate lobster but will cook it for those who do not share my aversion.

Burger night last night. Union Square Cafe's recipe for tuna burgers for the ladies Beef burgers for the gentlemen Cherry pie baked by my 15 year old niece for dessert. She's really into Twin Peaks and I think a little in love with Agent Dale Cooper. We are watching the finale of season two today. I don't think she is going to be very happy...

My local Wegman's was having a Hatch chili roast today too. The peppers were $1.99/lb and there were three levels of heat available. I did not buy any because I don't have time to process them myself this weekend, and did not realize they were actually roasting them outside the store for customers until I had already checked out. I had fresh fish in my groceries so could not wait. I did notice the chili roasting smell when going up to the store but did not make the connection because I've never seen a store roasting chiles for customers here before (I'm in MA). How I missed the roasters on the way in is a mystery.

Two quarts of summer squash refrigerator pickles. I got the recipe from the Six Seasons cookbook

A corn, tomato, scallion and torn crouton salad from the Six Seasons cookbook, topped with grilled chicken thighs