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    Good Food

    West Coast Albacore

    Stephanie Hopkinson is a second-generation albacore fisherman. Her family owns Wild Pacific Seafood in Bellingham, Washington and is part of a growing trend of micro-canneries in the Pacific Northwest.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Stephanie Hopkinson is a second-generation albacore fisherman. Her family owns Wild Pacific Seafood in Bellingham, Washington and is part of a growing trend of micro-canneries in the Pacific Northwest. Hopkinson prefers West Coast albacore to supermarket brands because it is troll caught, meaning they catch younger, more flavorful, fish, with less by-catch.

    The full episode

    7 of 8
    Fruitcake, Mislabeled Seafood, Cooking on the Hearth
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:36Fruitcake versus Pie
    3. 12:23A California Inspired Fruitcake
    4. 19:32Bi-Rite Market, Then and Now
    5. 26:50Cooking on the Hearth
    6. 35:10Mislabeled Seafood
    7. 42:31West Coast AlbacoreYou’re reading this
    8. 50:19An Unlikely Ice Cream Sandwich
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Candace Moyer

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    The full episode

    7 of 8
    Fruitcake, Mislabeled Seafood, Cooking on the Hearth
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:36Fruitcake versus Pie
    3. 12:23A California Inspired Fruitcake
    4. 19:32Bi-Rite Market, Then and Now
    5. 26:50Cooking on the Hearth
    6. 35:10Mislabeled Seafood
    7. 42:31West Coast AlbacoreYou’re reading this
    8. 50:19An Unlikely Ice Cream Sandwich
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