[100] Broiled Swordfish Steak

How to Cook Everything, Revised Edition by Mark Bittman

It seems only fitting that a “milestone post”, my 100th recipe for this challenge, should incorporate a variety of the things I think about while working on this blog.

For starters, and most importantly, Mr. Bill. He picked out this swordfish months ago (no joke) when we were at Whole Foods. I had never had swordfish before, while Bill had when he was younger. He’d loved it, but figured he’d never have it again because he figured it’d never be a sustainable fish to eat. To see harpoon-caught swordfish in Whole Foods, marked as sustainably harvested, blew his mind. Enough so that we pulled up “Seafood Watch”:http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_search.aspx?s=swordfish on my phone to see what it said. He was stunned, but pleased to see that they agreed.

Sustainability, of course, and what that means, is another big topic that I think about (and occasionally write about) when working on this blog.… Continue reading →