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Carmel-by-the-Sea: Classic Food Tour
Taste local specialties with a knowledgeable local guide in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Explore charming streets, hear local stories, and enjoy five tastings with adult beverag...
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Cioppino is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Carmel-by-the-Sea and San Francisco. The Italian-Californian fishermen's stew of crab, shellfish and tomato broth, claimed by every coast town on Monterey Bay and served across Carmel.
Cioppino · Carmel-by-the-Sea
The Italian-Californian fishermen's stew of crab, shellfish and tomato broth, claimed by every coast town on Monterey Bay and served across Carmel.
Cioppino grew out of Italian immigrant fishing communities on the California coast, a pot built from whatever the boats brought in, thickened with tomato and wine. Monterey Bay's Sicilian fleet made it a peninsula dish as much as a San Francisco one, and it never left the local table. In Carmel it spans the price scale: the house pride at Dametra Cafe on Ocean Avenue, and a scallop-loaded version at Nora's comfort-food dining room on San Carlos Street.
Where to eat in Carmel-by-the-Sea:
- Dametra Cafe
- Nora's
Where to eat Cioppino in Carmel-by-the-Sea: the editor picks
Cioppino · San Francisco
Cioppino is a tomato-and-wine seafood stew of Dungeness crab, clams, mussels, prawns and white fish, invented by Genoese fishermen in San Francisco's North Beach.
Cioppino was born in San Francisco. It dates to the 1890s, when Ligurian fishermen working out of Fisherman's Wharf would 'chip in' a piece of the day's catch to a communal pot, simmered with tomato, garlic, fennel and white wine. The name comes from the Genoese ciuppin, a fish stew of the home country. Bazzurro's, an early Italian room on Fisherman's Wharf, served it from the late 1800s, and Sotto Mare on Green Street keeps the standard now. The dish is Dungeness-led between November and June; outside the season, kitchens substitute King crab. Eat it with the bib, the fingers and a torn loaf of Acme sourdough.
Where to eat in San Francisco:
- Sotto Mare
- Tadich Grill
- Anchor Oyster Bar
- Scoma's
Where to eat Cioppino in San Francisco: the editor picks
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Wine Tasting and Walking Tour of Carmel-by-the-Sea
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Carmel-by-the-Sea: Macaron making with a Master Chef
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