Successful "surf" entrees included four huge butterflied shrimp in lemon butter sauce, and moist, pan-roasted salmon with tender wilted spinach.
It could be a sizzling herb-crusted piece of blackened redfish or a plate of moist pan-fried speckled trout or something as simple as sautéed crawfish swimming in a rich brown roux.
But ginger fish (I chose red snapper) was moist and pan-fried crispy.
A better pick was the moist, juicy pan-roast chicken atop mashed potatoes and green beans.
Usually, mushrooms release so much water that keeping the pan moist isn't the problem; evaporating all the liquid is.
If kernels are still somewhat hard, make sure there's enough liquid to keep bottom of pan moist, and cover to cook for another 5 minutes or so.
Mr. Ippolito has a deft hand with fish, evident in both a lightly roasted whole branzino and a thick, moist fillet of pan-seared red snapper.
And don't overlook huachinango a la Veracruzana — lovely moist red snapper pan-roasted with green olives, onion, tomato and herbs, and accompanied by lemon-herb salsa and delicate fingerling potatoes.
Keep all moist away from pans while frying or simply heating as the oil or hot water might sprinkle on your skin which may cause a burn.
For main courses there are the moist roasted chicken with pan juices and buttery mashed potatoes, sauteed red snapper with spring vegetables and a tapenade vinaigrette, and grilled loin of lamb accompanied by white beans and a garlic flan.
In fact, smoke is the enemy of Chinese roasting; to prevent it, and keep the meat moist, cooks keep a pan of water in the bottom of the oven.
