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Tide log kept from the causeway, Carteret County, North Carolina

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The Kitchen: what the sound puts on the table

Four entries follow the sound into the kitchen: what a menu is built from month by month, what cooking for a crowd asks of a deck or a boat side, how shrimp and flounder are bought, cleaned and cooked at home, and how a sound side kitchen runs from the dock at its back door through the deck season to the quiet months. No price appears on these pages, because a sound side board is written and wiped by the day.

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The Kitchen

2026

4 entries dated in 2026

September 20261 entry

  1. How a sound side kitchen runs, from the dock to the winter

    A sound side kitchen keeps a year the way the water keeps a tide: nothing is decided once.

    An open kitchen door looking down a wooden dock to a work boat tied at the end, a crate of ice standing at the step, counters on both sides and sound water beyond the pilings.
    A crate of ice at the step, a work boat at the end of the walkway.

    The Kitchen Read at slack 7 min

August 20261 entry

  1. Shrimp, flounder and the sound plate at home

    Shrimp and flounder are two of the most reliable plates on the Bogue Sound table, and both reward a cook who knows what to look for at the counter and how little needs to be done once the fish is home.

    A home kitchen sink in the foreground with a colander of shrimp, a whole flounder on a board beside it and lemon halves on the counter, daylight from a window at the left of the frame.
    Shrimp, a whole flounder and lemon, ready for the pan.

    The Kitchen Read at slack 7 min

June 20261 entry

  1. What a sound side seafood menu is built from, month by month

    A sound side seafood menu is not a fixed list.

    A stainless steel counter in the foreground with a tray of whole shrimp and a bowl of shucked oysters, a fillet knife resting on a board behind, cool interior light and a wiped, dry steel surface.
    The raw material of a sound side menu on a steel top.

    The Kitchen Read at slack 6 min

March 20261 entry

  1. Cooking for a crowd on the causeway, deck, boat side and off site

    You can cook for a crowd on the causeway if you treat the crossing as one long room with three different addresses.

    A long folding table on a wooden deck in the foreground with paper, platters and a steaming pot, marsh and quiet water beyond the rail, warm afternoon light and a light chop on the sound behind.
    A long table set for a crowd with the marsh behind it.

    The Kitchen Read at slack 7 min

The The Kitchen entries, month by month

The dated entries of this section, what each one is read at, and what the body it names does not publish
Month Entry Dated Read at What the named body does not publish
September 2026 The sound side kitchen through the year Sep 16, 2026 SLACK The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries publishes the seasons and the limits behind a kitchen, and it does not publish what any single sound side kitchen buys in a week.
August 2026 Shrimp, flounder and the sound plate Aug 11, 2026 SLACK The NOAA Fisheries species page covers summer flounder biology and stock status, and it does not publish a retail price for a sound side counter.
June 2026 What a sound side seafood menu is built from Jun 5, 2026 SLACK The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries publishes seasons and proclamations, and it does not publish a price or a menu for any kitchen.
March 2026 Cooking for a crowd on the causeway Mar 17, 2026 SLACK The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries publishes what may be taken and when, and it does not publish what a crowd of forty should be served.