Canned tuna is much less expensive than the fresh version and, once canned, retains all the nutritional value as well as the convenience of a long shelf-life. Although you can't barbecue canned tuna, there are times when we are in a rush, without the time to fire up the outdoor grill, and need an easy, nutritious recipe, like this one, to quickly get a tasty meal on the table. Most kids who, more often than not, turn up their noses at fresh fish, will happily eat a tuna sandwich. As the...

In search of the ultimate sushi experience, the author plunges into the frenzy of the world's biggest seafood market Tokyo's Tsukiji, where a bluefin tuna can fetch more than $170,000 at auction and discovers the artistry between ocean and plate, as well as some fishy surprises. Maguro no kaiwa, the almost surgical process of disassembling tuna, is practiced by a tuna dealer. In search of the ultimate sushi experience, the author plunges into the frenzy of the world's biggest seafood...

If only the weather would cooperate, which much of the time it doesn't. Local villagers, searching for an overland route, have long been thwarted in their quest for a road - not by the engineering challenges of the peninsula's mountains and wetlands, but because the 315,000-acre Izembek National Wildlife Refuge stands in the way. McClatchy Washington Bureau . 06/10/2007 . Showdown looms over Alaskan road proposal Around the World Correspondents Homepage Washington SPECIAL REPORTS Good News...

Unlike Bobby Bacala's spectacular, many-holed demise in a toy train shop in "The Sopranos" last week, the saltwater license bill died alone and all-but-forgotten. It then languished on the House of Representative's calendar until Thursday's midnight deadline, when the solons slinked off into the night, having failed to pass a budget. While many veteran fishermen looked askance at the license idea, fearing the monies would end up in the general fund rather than the state Conservation Fund...

If you like, up the ante with one of the imported Italian tunas or a Mediterranean-style wild-caught canned tuna in olive oil (Chicken of the Sea has a new one out under its Genova label); when you drain the tuna, save the olive oil to use on the bread. This menu reverses the usual main-dish-to-sandwiches leftovers formula, starting with the sandwiches - an updated version of that old standby, tuna salad - followed by cool stuffed tomatoes. The menu: Most supermarket bakeries now are...