The oil spill outlook has got us all worried these days. How will our fishing families adapt? How will the restaurant industry fare? It's still too soon to tell. But plenty of fresh, local seafood is still available right now, at the west bank wharf, in supermarkets, and at farmer's markets. Paul went last Saturday to the Crescent City Farmer's Market downtown and bought several pounds of gorgeous, perfect shrimp from Clara Gerica of Gerica Seafood. Her husband, Pete, shrimps in Lake Pontchartrain and sends his evening catch to market with Clara, who says their lake shrimping is unaffected at this point. So to celebrate that fact, and to celebrate shrimp in general, I concocted a tapas-style menu of two iconic recipes (barbecued shrimp; shrimp and grits (pictured at left)) and one newcomer (the shrimp taco).
