Seafood Classics

• recipe

  Pan-Seared Scallops with Wilted Spinach, Watercress, and Orange Salad

  For a crispy exterior and meltingly sweet interior, sauté uncoated, unprocessed scallops in butter--and don't move them around during cooking.

• recipe

  Fish Meuniere with Browned Butter and Lemon

  This simple French restaurant classic deserves a place in the repertoire of any good home cook. . . . Or does it?

• taste test

  Butter Alternatives

  Sixteen tasters sampled six butter substitutes in four tests.