tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10364187732540340972011-08-29T03:57:53.786-07:00Welcome to my miniscule spot in this world were they let me rant and rave mostly about oceans and sustainability. I'll throw in some fun stuff along the way and a few cooking tips here and there. Your comments are always welcome.Chef Rick Moonenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988793052148383212noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036418773254034097.post-84282296696807550312010-09-15T09:14:00.000-07:002010-09-15T09:16:02.474-07:00

By Rick Moonen, Special to CNN cnnAuthor = "By Rick Moonen, Special to CNN"; if(location.hostname.indexOf( 'edition.' ) > -1) {document.write('September 15, 2010 -- Updated 1335 GMT (2135 HKT)');} else September 15, 2010 9:35 a.m. EDT Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- I am and always will be completely against any food that has been altered genetically for human consumption. And never, in the 30

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Starting Sunday September 12, 2010 RM Seafood will be kicking of Football with weekly specials.

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The dish will be offered as a special in the downstairs portion of RM Seafood July 15-31, priced at $32. Proceeds of the sale of this dish will benefit the Friends of the Fishermen Fund SHRIMP FRA DIAVOLO I like Lobster Fra Diavolo so much that I had to adapt the recipe for shrimp. The sauce is enriched with shrimp stock to compensate for all the flavor you would otherwise get from the

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Wednesday June 23, 2010, Rick Moonen’s RM Seafood, inside Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted an evening with Top Chef Master Marcus Samuelsson. With Chef Rick Moonen as his sous chef, the two combined their talents in efforts to raise money for Three Square. Three Square is a non-profit organization dedicated to feeding the hungry in Southern Nevada, where 48% of

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In response to the blog posted by Jay Raynor, attacking my integrity on the Bravo TV website, I have been given permission to respond and explain why I have taken exception to his manners as a critic on this subject. He admits to be the person responsible for making sure I was not awarded the title of Top chef masters and contradicts himself from that point on…here is a small portion of my life.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2010 MARCUS SAMUELSSON AND RICK MOONEN HOST DINNER AT RICK MOONEN’S RM SEAFOOD AT MANDALAY BAY IN LAS VEGAS Rivals on Bravo’s ‘Top Chef Masters’ Team Up to Cook for Charity June 23 LAS VEGAS – After knocking out 17 of the country’s best chefs on Bravo’s hit show Top Chef Masters, Rick Moonen and Marcus Samuelsson put fierce food competition aside to host an

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The way I see things (from my heart)…The state of the oceans according to Rick Moonen     The word sustainable is threatened and destined to be diluted towards meaningless rhetoric if big business has their way. Very much the same way organic has become a sound rather than a mentality. I have a tendency to poke my finger in the eye of mass industry mentality for several reasons and have a strong

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         The importance of wild salmon cannot be stressed enough. The health of the entire ecosystem depends on the annual runs of these majestic fish. Five species of Pacific salmon and the mighty steelhead trout all run from the rivers, lakes, streams and side channels of the vast marine ecosystem that connects the offshore mountains and plateau of British Columbia to its wild coast. Many runs

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MAY THESE WORDS INSPIRE ALL OF YOU Why do we call this planet Earth when 71% is Ocean…That this is not known as Planet Ocean speaks only to the Ego of man because it has nothing to do with reality… We humans are a rapacious species, seemingly incapable of taking good care of any place; over the past five centuries or so…my lifetime…we have done a very good job of taking from the ocean without

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Tune into BravoTV on Wednesday April 7 at 11/10c (please check your local listings). On Season 1, I failed to complete my Moon Doggies in the Quick Fire Challenge. I’m unbelievably thankful they’re giving me a second chance to redeem myself. I want to show everyone that I could have been a contender. Stay tuned to see if I prove them all wrong....

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Well, today marks historic in the life of Chef Rick Moonen. It was announced that I have made it as a finalist in the James Beard Foundation 2010 Awards…Category: Best Chef Southwest…and it feels awesome! I mean it…almost surreal. I had to touch the screen of my computer to make sure that I was one of the five chefs chosen to go to New York to hear the actual winner in this region. I feel that,

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Fresh fish is awesome and does not need to be frozen first to make it more safe...that is bull poop. What becomes safer? Look at the fish...parasites leave obvious signs that they are around...deterioation...etc...and the health benefits of the rejuvenating omega three fats far outweigh the risk of mercury poisoning... If you want to look at life through a micron microscope you might as well

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Ocean wildlife is threatened today as never before by human activities. We are in a very unique situation here. We, as a generation, must start to realize the task at hand …which is that our world is only renewable and capable of keeping up with the demand for nutrition and food if we take better care of it. It is designed to provide us with more than what we all could possibly need, but selfish

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I love to cook mostly because I love food. Food is my favorite topic and cooking falls somewhere under that. And while I could have dedicated my days on this planet to something else, something nobler, I’ve always known that food is important. I am fascinated, almost spellbound, by this human necessity, thoughts of which have been known to haunt my dreams.Which brings us to cooking, the chance to

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