Planks Steak and Seafood

Why Buy Marinated Meat From Your Butcher?

We all have marinated meat or bought marinated meat from the butcher. There are spicy marinates and sweet. They add something that a spice dry rub just can't.

The Worst Dish to Order From a Seafood Restaurant

Seafood is known as an excellent option for clean eating, but there's one dish that you should make sure to avoid on the appetizer list.

85 Tips & Strategies for Dining Out

SparkPeople's Dining Out Guide will help you take charge of your next culinary adventure. Get expert tips, from choosing a restaurant to ordering dessert.

How to Avoid Dining at a Tourist Trap

Beef Marbling: Why is Marbling Important in Meat?

What makes a good steak? Is it a steak's tenderness? Juiciness? Flavor? If you answered yes, you’re a fan of Beef Marbling and it's very important in beef.

EWG’s Consumer Guide to Seafood

Which fish are richest in healthy omega-3 fatty acids, lowest in mercury contamination and sustainably produced?

Why it’s OK to send restaurant food back

Are you really such a big deal? No. So stop worrying that you’ll make others feel awkward

7 Top Chain Steak Houses That Define What Makes a Great Steak

Many loves to have a steak to celebrate, but to be able to determine what makes a great steak is the quality of meat, how it is treated, and prepared.

The places we find the people we’ve lost: My dad and the T-Bone Steak House

I'm not sure why it took me so long to go back to the T-Bone, but the memories were there waiting for me.

Tipping Guidelines For Non-Restaurant Services

Tipping etiquette outside of restaurant can feel like a gray area. These guidelines will help.

What's the Difference Between a Restaurant Service Fee and a Tip?

Nowadays, it seems that U.S. consumers are being asked to shell out more in tips and service charges than ever before. But is there a difference between the two?

What Nutritionists Order a Seafood Restaurant

How to Broil a Steak

How to broil a steak in the oven. Use this simple 5-step indoor cooking method for a juicy and tender steak with a great crust. Cook a perfect steak today.

Know Your Seafood 101

Start at square one with Chef Nils, where he'll teach you the in's and out's of all things seafood! This class is a lecture-based tutorial that touches on the fundamentals of different fish species, seafood preparation, and basic cooking techniques.

What to serve with steak

From steakhouse classics to less traditional accompaniments, we've put together our favourite side dishes to serve with steak.

One of the World’s Most Innovative Seafood Chefs Shows How to Cook Tuna Like Steak

Josh Niland shares a recipe from his new cookbook ‘Take One Fish’.

Easy Ways to Eat More Seafood

Bump up your protein and healthy fats with these simple ways to get more seafood in your life!

Seafood Industry: What You Need to Know Before Buying Seafood

Over 90% of US-consumed shrimp are imported from overseas aqua-farms that are plagued with the same problems as land-based confined animal feeding operations.

Tackle These Seafood Towers: Eater's Guide to Plateaus

When Is A Steak Not A Steak?

Have you ever noticed that the USDA recommends that steaks and roasts be cooked to 145° while ground beef should be cooked to 160°? Have you ever wonder...