Actually cioppino, a tasty fish and shellfish stew, is pretty easy to make if you have the ingredients. The trick is using the highest quality seafood. I wouldn't attempt this stew unless I had access to very fresh fish and shellfish, fortunately abundant in the San Francisco Bay Area. If your fishmonger has some good fish or shellfish stock for sale as well, all the better.
Have plenty of napkins available and don't wear white.
Cioppino Recipe
INGREDIENTS
Seafood
•3 pounds halibut, sea bass, or other firm white fish, cut into inch-long cubes
•1 large (2 lb or more) cooked Dungeness crab (hard shell) or a cooked lobster
•1 pound (or more) of large shrimp
•2 pounds little neck clams, mussels, or oysters or all three Sauce
•1/2 cup olive oil

