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NoFo’s Saturday3 Farmer’s Market

Get ready for NoFo’s first Saturday3 Farmer’s Market of the year! Saturday, May 19 10am-2pm Brunch, Bloodies, & Live Music Under the tents Wrenn’s Farm Produce, Zebdalia onions Locals Seafood Fresh seafood from the coast Nooherooka Natural Beef and pork … Continue reading

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Downtown + Midtown Markets open this week

The Midtown Raleigh Farmers Market season started Saturday, April 21. Stop by North Hills every Saturday, 8am-12noon for NC Seafood, Produce, Meats, Cheese & more. The Raleigh Downtown Farmers Market celebrates the opening of the 2012 season with a Pig … Continue reading

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Live Soft-Shell Crabs

Soft shell season is here! Soft-shell crabs are easy to prepare and delicious! Here’s a video on how to clean them: Recipes & info: Fried Soft Shell Sandwich Grilled Soft Shells with Tartar Sauce Sautéed Soft-Shell Crabs with Lime Mayonnaise … Continue reading

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Sweet Potato Catfish Hushpuppies

Recipe courtesy Porch Rockin’ Sweet potato catfish hushpuppies with bread and butter pickle tartar sauce Ingredients: 1 lb sweet potato, peeled and grated =2 cups packed 1/2 lb. NC catfish fillets cajon seasoning olive oil 1 1/2 cups hushpuppy mix … Continue reading

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NC Freshwater Prawns

I attended the NC Aquaculture Development Conference last month and met several great farmers of striped bass, prawns, oysters & more. Don Ipock’s (check out video below) freshwater prawn farm was on the tour and I was very impressed with … Continue reading

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The Perfect Oyster Wine

Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie, “Cuvée La Levraudiere” Deep and well-balanced with bright, chalky aromas — smells like oyster shells. “The Perfect Oyster Wine” – Seth @ The Raleigh Wine Shop We first met Seth Hoffman Fall 2010 at … Continue reading

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Pan Seared NC Striped Bass

Another beautiful meal prepared by customer @ thomasmckay. He & his wife purchased the fish @ WWFM ~10am and had this for lunch ~12noon. Doesn’t get any fresher! “rockfish (aka Striped Bass) w/ beet greens, courtesy of @localsseafood @wwfm” He … Continue reading

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Ocean Stripers

Ocean Caught Striped Bass (Rockfish) fillets are nice and thick this week – perfect for grilling or pan searing

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NC 10% Campaign

Locals Seafood is proud to partner with NC 10% to build the local food economy! The NC 10% Campaign challenges you to spend at least 10% of your food dollars on locally produced foods to build our NC local food … Continue reading

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Roasting a Whole Fish

Great article in the New York Times this week by Melissa Clark: A WHOLE roasted fish is the aquatic analogue to roast chicken. It’s easy to prepare, forgiving and adaptable. >> Read the Article HERE

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