favorite Oregon recipes: Cioppino

With the dusty, unused smell of the furnace permeating my place, drizzling rain outside and wool socks on my freezing toes, it seemed like a good day to post my favorite Oregon recipe: mom's Cioppino. For the uninitiated, Cioppino is a sort of bouillabaisse, a red sauce-based seafood soup recipe that's overflowing with fresh fish and seafood still in the shell.

The bouillabaisse recipe takes some time to prepare (run to the seafood store, clean the goods and ready the spices), but it's really quite easy to make. Cioppino looks lovely on the table, impresses the heck out of your guests and it's so, so good. If you try it, let me know how it turns out and feel free to share your choices for catch of the day ingredients.