Raymond Blanc

Ocean-friendly cuisine: sustainable recipes from Britain's finest chefs

Posted by jossc — 22 October 2008 at 1:23pm - Comments
A picture of moules frites
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Moules marinière à la Michelin-starred Raymond Blanc

Let's face it, even if you're Raymond Blanc, buying the right fish these days is not so simple.

And right now many of our traditional favourites, from cod to tuna, are disappearing rapidly from the seas due to overfishing and the effects of climate change. Bottom-trawling boats are sailing farther and fishing deeper than ever before, hauling in hordes of fish with heavy, weighted nets that tear up the ocean bottom.

Jellyfish and chip supper?

Posted by jossc — 8 August 2008 at 10:46am - Comments

Mauve stinger and chips, anyone?

A new report by the Institute of Marine Sciences at the National Research Council in Barcelona links the rapid growth of jellyfish populations throughout the world's oceans to overfishing of their natural predators such as tuna and as a result of global warming.

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