Food Network host, Alton Brown, champions seafood safety from Gulf of Mexico after last summer's oil spill.
Last summer the outlook for the Gulf of Mexico region seemed bleak as barrels of oil spewed from a broken pipeline. Throughout the summer, oil covered animals, tourists turned away from sun-filled destinations, and fishermen couldn’t bring in seafood catches. With the oil now capped, people of the Gulf look for a comeback in one hard hit industry. And in Mobile Bay on Dauphin Island, Ala., the road to recovery enlisted the assistance of Food Network star Alton Brown.
Brown, the host of Good Eats and Iron Chef America commentator, is a long-time proponent of sustainable seafood and spent time on Dauphin Island learning about the science used to assure seafood safety in the aftermath. “I spent a lot of time today learning about the systems that were invented, the methodologies that were invented to test seafood to insure the safety of seafood when things like this happen,” he said of his visit.
Gulf Seafood Recovery
At an event to raise awareness and funds for fishing families and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation, Brown played cheerleader for Gulf seafood. “Nature can take care of itself and human beings have a really hard time keeping nature down. I think we have that to be thankful for because even after such a horrific tragedy we now have safe seafood again. And it's certainly going to be part of the message I'm going to take to the rest of the world and certain to the people I touch on a daily basis, which is Gulf seafood is back with a vengeance. It's delicious as ever. There's more of it as ever. And it's safe,” said Brown.
7 comments:
Great article, and the pictures are fantastic! C'mom guys and gals, let's show Lisa some love. She works hard for us and brings this info to us at her own time and expense. It saddens me sometimes when I see no comments on something she's worked so hard on.
She deserves a lot of credit for this, and I for one, am very thankful.
Nice article. Good practice/experience towards getting a column somewhere.
p.s. Didn't he tell them to 'eat smaller fish?' ;-)
Thanks Anne :)
@oneSAHDdude, I'm praying that day comes for a column somewhere!
GREAT photos Lisa! I loved reading your account of the trip. I imagine the landscape around the Gulf is really different and beautiful. Thanks for bringing the event to life to those who couldn't be there!
so cool and i will come next time.thanks.
Lisa great article ! Im a longtime fan of AB and youre blog andIm so happy for you that you got to finally write about him . I can relate to believeing and supporting someone so passionately that its hard to believe people couldnt like him too ( hes my blog spot profile picture with me btw ) . I hope this is just the begining of you getting to know better one of your favorite public personalities and chef at that . :)
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