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...restaurants. Now Americans are hooked on fish. They are ordering not only such old standards as sole, salmon, striped bass and swordfish but the more exotic species as well. Restaurants and markets across the country tally big increases in sales of shellfish and finfish. The experience of Inland Seafood Corp., a wholesale distributor of fresh and high-quality frozen fish in Atlanta, is typical. "Our sales have increased about 20% every year over the past four years," says Bill Demmond, vice president in charge of purchasing. As the demand increases, so does the marketability of what used to be considered...
Simplicity, however, is in the eye of the beholder. As interpreted on Inaugural menus, it meant everything from chili to caviar, with plenty of pot pie, seafood mousse and exotic wild mushrooms in between. The selections reflected those of stylish restaurants around the country. Caterers proudly described their offerings as light, pretty, fresh, American and, above all, Californian. Almost conspiratorially, they whispered of such unsimple fare as French truffles, Caspian caviar and roe-trimmed scallops from Holland...
...longstanding fishing dispute between Nova Scotia and the New England states. The U.S. has laid claim to all of the Georges Bank, off the Massachusetts coast, while the Canadians contend that about half the bank belongs to them. The contested area is rich in scallops and other seafood (the annual harvest totals some $75 million), and may also hold abundant reserves of oil and natural...
...Says Club Director Jota Martins: "We don't think our prices are high. They may be so for the average Brazilian, but the average Brazilian does not come here." Nonetheless, travelers can find some buys in South American countries. At La Costa Verde restaurant near Lima, a leisurely seafood lunch with drinks and wine still costs $14 a diner, the same as in 1980. Popular Brazilian agate ashtrays that went for $8.60 four years ago now cost less than $6, and the $1.50 that it takes to buy a bottle of good Argentine vodka is half of last year...
...ducks, mallard, teal and widgeon have darkened the skies over the bay and fattened themselves in its marshes. Striped bass, shad and herring spawn in its shallow bays. Oysters, clams and the succulent Atlantic blue crab provide the bay's hardy watermen with a livelihood and gourmets with seafood delights...