Hooked on bycatch

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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Guests sit around a large live oak tree at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch, relatively unknown fish that aren't usually prized at the dinner table. The dinner was at Springdale Farm in east Austin.

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Guests sit around a large live oak tree at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch, relatively unknown fish that aren't usually prized at the dinner table. The dinner was at Springdale Farm in east Austin.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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(Rodolfo Gonzalez AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due Supper Club fishes for perch and other smaller fish on a river outside Austin on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

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(Rodolfo Gonzalez AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due Supper Club fishes for perch and other smaller fish on a river outside Austin on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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(Rodolfo Gonzalez AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due Supper Club fishes for perch and other smaller fish on a river outside Austin on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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(Rodolfo Gonzalez AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due Supper Club fishes for perch and other smaller fish on a river outside Austin on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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(Rodolfo Gonzalez AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due Supper Club and friend Chris Martin, right, take a look at some of the fish the caught on a river outside Austin, on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

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Smoked catfish terrine with bowfin caviar is served with grilled baguettes at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

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Dishes of grilled mangrove snapper on the halfshell with peppers, onions and oregano are ready to be served at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

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This Provencal fish bisque was made with fish that Hank Shaw and Jesse Griffiths caught on a fishing trip in early June. Fino chef Jason Donoho made the dish for a dinner that featured dishes from Shaw's new book, "Hunt Gather Cook."

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Mangrove snapper cooks on the grill at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due cooks Mangrove snapper on the grill at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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Grilled blue runner with dill cream and potatoe leek salad is prepared for serving at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

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Jessica Maher of Dai Due serves grilled almaco jack with green beans and prsley sauce at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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Victoria Davies (center) takes a photo with her cell phone of a plate of grilled almaco jack with green beans and parsley sauce after it was served by Jessica Maher (left).

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Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due cooks almaco jack on the grill at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due jokes with employees while cooking almaco jack on the grill at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner.

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Grilled shrimp with tomatoes, seaweed, fried shallot and mint at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

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Jessica Maher of Dai Due prepares six kinds of tomatoes to be served with grilled shrimp, seaweed fried shallot and mint at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

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Shrimp cook on the grill at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

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Book cover of "Hunt Gather Cook," by Hank Shaw.

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Chris Fronk and Heather Kohout were among guests at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

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Eric and Rebekah Rauser (left) tell fishing stories with Patrick Ousey and Pam Chandler (right) in the garden at Springdale Farm in east Austin before the Dai Due Supper Club dinner.

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Chris Fronk chats with other guests at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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(Ashley Landis for AMERICAN-STATESMAN)

Clinton Tedin of Dai Due serves Green Plum Punch at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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Wine chills at a table at the Dai Due Supper Club dinner featuring bycatch.

Story: Lesser-known fish are taking on a starring role

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