Recipe of the Month: Sauce Arrabbiata

As summer is here tomatoes are showing up on all menu at many restaurant. Here's a simple classic Italian sauce that be made in big batches and canned and stored for the winter months ahead.

1/2 Olive Oil

5 clove Garlic, minced

6 cup very ripe Tomato

salt 

1 Tbsp Red Pepper Flakes

8 leaves of fresh Basil

1 t fresh Oregano

Sweat garlic in oil, add tomatoes, salt, red pepper flakes and  simmer for 30 min. Then add basil and oregano. Simmer for 5 min and season.

The key is in the tomato, keep it simple and it will be great!

Fish of the Month: Swordfish

 Sword is running off the Block Island coast "right now", which makes for the the best quality of the season and best value for steak fish currently. This is the time you should be taking advantage of this fish, a as cook i can only describe this fish during this time of the year as, as meaty as steak and pink like veal. Concerns only purchase fish that were 125 # at time of harvest, sexual maturity can not be determined in fish, so to allow to grow to 125# will help to insure swordfish for years to come.