Florida restaurateur trying to upgrade the image of mullet
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Bay News 9] By Summer Smith - September 16, 2014 -
BRADENTON, Mullet can be found just about anywhere in Florida. Yet, despite its large presence, the local fish is not found on many dinner plates around here.
While the roe from mullet is considered a delicacy in other countries, the fish does not have the same status here.
Ed Chiles, owner of the Chiles Restaurant Group, which includes the Sandbar in Anna Maria, the Beachhouse in Bradenton Beach, and the Mar Vista Dockside on Longboat Key, is hoping to give mullet an image makeover.
To extend the use and benefit of mullet, Chiles also joined Seth Cripe to form the Anna Maria Fish Company, the first and only company in the United States certified to produce bottarga.
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