I'm Afraid to Cook Fish. Here's What I'm Doing About It. — Kitchen Nerves

I have a go-to recipe I affectionately call "third date scallops." It's a spin on my friend Neil's well-heralded recipe for "third date shrimp." The premise behind the recipe is this: Once you get to the third date with a new potential mate, one of you might offer to cook dinner. You don't want a meal that's too heavy or too involved, but you still need to impress. Seafood is good for this. A 90-second sear in a sizzling cast iron pan is all it takes to get perfect scallops, which you can plate with a bit of risotto and frilly greens.

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