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NEW BEDFORD - There are cooks who are flummoxed at the thought of
cooking a whole fish. Henry Bousquet and Peter Doire are not among them,
and it’s a good thing.
On Sunday, the two chefs were pitted against each other in a Seafood Throwdown at New Bedford’s Working Waterfront Festival, an annual event that celebrates the region’s commercial fishing industry. They were tasked with preparing a dish using a “surprise seafood ingredient,’’ items from the festival’s farmers’ market, and precious little else, all in one hour. This battle of skills, speed, and ingenuity went right down to the wire. At 3 p.m., the mystery seafood was revealed: pollock, a tasty but underused species. The chefs, with a shopping budget of $25, were whisked away on golf carts to the farmers’ market, then driven back to the contest stage to cook. Read the complete story from The Boston Globe
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HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
