Cut bacon into small pieces and fry lightly. Add onion and celery and stir 2-3 minutes. Drain. Place bacon, onion, and celery in soup pot. Add potato, tomatoes, sugar, chicken broth, and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil and reduce heat, simmer 1 hour. Add bluefish, okra, and corn. Simmer 20 more minutes. Serves with oyster crackers or saltines...

Mix all ingredients except oil, and blend well. Form into cakes. Heat olive oil on the stove and sauté cakes lightly on both sides. Don't overcook, serve as soon as cakes are golden brown. Serves 4.

Black Drum Chowder takes advantage of the fact that black drum yield chunky, meaty fillets. Although they are just terrific just floured and fried up, black drum are really perfect for all manner of soups and stews.

Place the onion in a frying pan with enough olive oil to sauté it. Whisk the egg in a bowl. Combine the bread crumbs, cheese, and a dash each of the seasonings. Coat fish with egg and roll through crumb mixture. Increase the temperature in the frying pan to med high and fry the fish quickly with the sautéd onions, adding a little more olive oil if...

Mix all ingredients except redfish into a bowl. Brush fillets liberally with sauce. Grill over high heat, basting with sauce, for 4 minutes. Flip fish and grill 4 more minutes or until fish is done. Serves 2.

Ingredients: 1 whole flounder, about 2 pounds, scaled, gutted, head removed 1/2 cup celery 1/2 cup green onion 1 stick butter 1 cup medium shrimp, cooked and peeled 1 cup crab meat 1 box (5 1/2 ounces) unseasoned croutons Preparation: Cut slit in center of brown side of flounder to make a pocket. Saute celery and onion in butter until...

We caught a nice Amberjack on our last fishing trip, so I decided to try grilling it tonight. It was tasty, so I decided to post the recipe here.

I can't think of a better dessert for most OBX fish dishes than Key Lime Pie. I tried the following recipe and it came out well, so I decided to post it here.

Most of the carolina recipes for Shrimp and Grits called for bacon, which I do like. However, I wanted something a little spicy tonight, so I tried it with Adoullie sausage. It was good, so I decided to post it here.

On this video, Chef Wes Stepp, owner of The Red Sky Cafe in Duck, NC, is interviewed for the Culinary Institute of Virginia. The interview showcases the Red Sky's seasonal fresh cuisine and the availability of personal chefs for hire.

Baked Red Drum in Spicy Cashew Garlic Butter. I wanted something a little spicy, and this recipe turned out really well, so I decided to post it here for future use.

I am proud to announce the first social network for the Outer Banks. OBX Report is a site dedicated to Fishing, Eating, and Sleeping on the Outer Banks.

I had the pleasure of eating at Sam & Omie's Restaurant in Nags Head. It originally opened on the Outer Banks by a couple of fishermen as a pre-fishing breakfast stop, Sam & Omie's Restaurant in Nags Head maintains its seaside flavor more than 70 years later. The place exudes a barefoot and "beachy" atmosphere and serves up plenty of tasty dishes m...