Last night, Rock Fish Stew Institute of Literature and Materials held its second annual tasting of rockfish stew at our offices in downtown Durham. Chef Ricky Moore, owner of Durham’s Saltbox Seafood Joint, took honors again this year, making a stupendous stew with a rockfish (aka striped bass) caught the day before in the Pamlico Sound. Here are a few pictures (compliments of erstwhile RFS contributor Stephanie Friede) from the event:
An extraordinary pot of Rockfish stew.
Rock Fish Stew Institute’s Sam Stephenson and Ivan Weiss get a first taste of the stew.
Dr. Rich Bruch, Kathy Bruch, Heather Mallory, and Adam Sobsey.
Lois Deloatch and Angela Greenwald.
Ivan Weiss and Mike Itkoff.
Sam Stephenson, Courtney Fitzpatrick, and Eric Martin.
Ralph Haygood.
The stew (detail).