Island Kitchen
Cook with the island's finest ingredients
Welcome to my island kitchen. I'm Sally Scallop, and I've been cooking with Nantucket's ingredients my whole life. My grandmother fed fishermen at the family boarding house. My mother catered every wedding on this island for thirty years. I was shucking oysters before I could ride a bike.
These recipes celebrate what makes Nantucket special: bay scallops so sweet they need nothing more than a hot pan, corn so fresh it's still warm from Bartlett's fields, oysters briny with the taste of our harbors. The secret isn't complicated technique—it's knowing where to find the best ingredients and letting them shine.
From the waters and farms of Nantucket
The legendary Nantucket bay scallop, seared simply to showcase its natural sweetness. 90 seconds per side, a lifetime of respect.
View Recipe →New England tradition with an island twist. This is how the fishermen's wives did it, and they knew what they were doing.
View Recipe →Summer's prized local catch, grilled with fresh herbs. If it swam past Brant Point this morning, it belongs on your plate tonight.
View Recipe →Peak summer corn from the island's most iconic farm. Seven generations of Bartletts growing the sweetest corn you'll ever taste.
View Recipe →The pantry staple for island cooking. Use it on fish, in chowders, or mixed into compound butter. Take Nantucket home with you.
View Recipe →Respecting the oyster means keeping it simple. Three mignonette variations for Nantucket's briny beauties.
View Recipe →The ingredients make the dish
What's best when you're visiting
Oysters at their peak brininess. Early greens at farm stands. Striped bass season opens mid-May.
Peak produce: corn, tomatoes, herbs. Bluefish running. Lobster season. Best time for grilling.
Bay scallop season opens October 1. Beach plums ripen. Root vegetables. Cranberries.
Bay scallops continue through March. Oysters excellent. Hearty chowders. Comfort cooking.
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