Inhaltsverzeichnis für April 2014 in SAVEUR

“Subject to fogs,” concluded Captain Cook in 1763. His assessment remains valid, as I learned on a recent visit to the remote North Atlantic island of Saint-Pierre. The memorial statue in the main square is of a steely-eyed fisherman grasping his ship's wheel. Sailors vanishing at sea is a reality here in the Grand Banks, where the frigid Labrador Current crashes into the warm Gulf Stream, causing around a hundred fog-drenched days each year. But those mists also conceal treasure: “good fishing ground all round,” as Cook put it. Ever since the 1400s, when Basque seamen first voyaged here for cod, seafood has been a lure. The briny marine air hits you upon arrival. So does the cold. When my plane landed at Saint-Pierre's airport last August, the temperature was…

Crab and Asparagus Terrine 74 Crab Cakes with Chipotle Aïoli and Pineapple Salsa 74 Creamy Mushroom and Mussel Tart 74 Croatian Radish Salad 77 Cured Sardines 36 Dungeness Crab and Shrimp Cheese Dip 75 Galatoire's Rémoulade Blanc 27 Grilled Gremolata-Stuffed Sardines 36 LeRuth's Red Shrimp Rémoulade 27 Lobster Mousse 76 Minorcan Clam Chowder 22 Olive Oil—Braised Sardines with Fennel 36 Sardine and Swiss Chard Gratin 36 Scallop and Leek Terrine 77 Smoked Salmon Stuffed with Cottage Cheese and Crab 77 Swiss Chard with Potatoes 74 Roasted Garlic and Dungeness Crab Soup 76 Rosemary Focaccia 77 Tuna Pâté 76 Black Cuttlefish Risotto 81 Cantonese-Style Steamed Sea Basss 78 Clam Risotto with Grilled Shrimp 80 Croatian Fish Strew 80 Curried Tuna Sandwich 79 Edamame-Miso Tuna Sandwich 79 Fennel-Orange Tuna Sandwich 79 Gratinéed…

They say that when God finished creating the world, he chucked a handful of leftover rocks into the Adriatic. My ancestors hail from one of those rocks: the tiny island of Murter in Dalmatia, a 233-mile stretch of coastline in the middle of Europe staring at the back of Italy's boot. The former summer playground of Roman emperors, Hapsburg aristocrats, and comrades on workers' holiday, this part of Central Europe was passed back and forth between the Italians, the Austro-Hungarians, and sometimes the Turks for centuries. All of them enjoyed the coast's most prominent charm: its exquisite seafood. For millennia, people here have drawn their livelihoods from the waters of Croatia's Dalmatian coast, which hugs the Adriatic Sea. The local cuisine is centered on the hundreds of fish and shellfish…

Snack on fish-shape foods; buy fish-shape bread from Breads Bakery (available by special order; 18 East 16th St., New York City; 212/633-2253; breadsbakery.com); Goldfish crackers from supermarkets everywhere ($2 for a 7-oz. bag; kmart.com); gummy clown fish and sand sharks from Candy Warehouse (both $19 for a 5-lb. bag; 310/343-4099; candywarehouse.com); Cadbury chocolatefish from Products from New Zealand ($3 for a pack of 6; 866/485-1375; productsfromnz.com); taiyaki from Otafuku restaurant ($3 per fish; 220 East Ninth St., New York City; 646/998-3438); poisson d'avril from Jacques Torres ($11–$18 depending on size; 718/875-1269; mrchocolate.com); marzipan seafood from Fortunato Brothers Italian Café & Patisserie ($26 per lb.; 289 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, NY; 718/387-2281; fortunatobrothers.com); sardines en chocolat au lait from Manufacture Cluizel ($16 per tin; 646/415-9126; cluizel.us); and Swedish Fish from Old Time…

U.S. 101—a two-lane road that snakes through California, Oregon, and Washington, nearly all of it along the Pacific—might be the most sublime drive in America, especially the 363-mile segment that runs along the Oregon coast, where we traveled last spring. As we traversed cliffside expanses, we spied pods of gray whales passing by in ocean waters. When the road dipped down to sea level, we stopped to ride horses between towering dunes and rocky shoreline on a broad beach studded by colossal basalt rock formations. We had always wanted to visit this part of the country. We knew it as the place our dear friend the late James Beard loved so much. Long ago, the famed American culinarian regaled us with reminiscences of summer trips from his family's Portland home…