The first time I had to test a recipe for steamed fish was back in the '80s, when I was working in the test kitchen at Gourmet magazine. The very idea seemed preposterous. Steaming anything over ...

Steaming fish, as in the classic Cantonese dish 清蒸鱼, whole steamed fish, neatly solves these problems. When I was growing up, it would show up at celebratory meals at a Chinese friend’s ...

Often less expensive than fillets, whole fish are sustainable and impressive centerpieces for entertaining. Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Christine ...

A group of researchers from the University of Seville has published a study that shows that steaming freshwater fish for more than two minutes reduces the presence of cylindrospermopsin ...

If steaming isn’t already in your repertoire, there’s no better time to start than right now. When seared over high heat, fillets of delicate fish like sole can go from raw to overcooked in a ...

“With really fresh fish,” he says, “nothing is ever done to it except steaming. And it must be steamed very slowly, so it doesn’t seize up. If you go into a restaurant and order fresh fish ...