Pacific Halibut is Swimming into Season
MarxFoods.com can Deliver to your Doorstep Next Day

Pacific Halibut season has just opened. Caught off the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Washington and Russia, it’s fresh and shipped directly to the consumer’s doorstep.

Marxfoods.com, an online specialty food store, is now accepting orders for Pacific halibut and can deliver it the following day.

“Just coming out of winter with limited seasonal items available, it’s very exciting to have access to freshly caught halibut,” said Justin Marx, CEO of Marxfoods.com. “The harvest has been reduced this year, but if we’re lucky, the season should extend through mid-November.”

Halibut has a firm, flaky texture and is very white in color, with a slightly sweet taste. Eaten fresh, it has a very clean flavor and requires minimal seasoning. Cooking methods are endless including broiling, smoking, baking, frying, and grilling. It’s a great fish to have as a main dish with fresh herbs or to use as an ingredient in fish tacos, bouillabaisse, curry or pasta.

“This season’s silver lining is Pacific Halibut,” said Katy Springer, General Manager. “Because halibut has a limited harvest and is not in danger of being over fished, you can feel good about eating it.”

An extremely lean fish, halibut makes a delicious low-fat meal. Fillets are available for $19 per pound. A serving size is about 6 ounces raw. Pacific Halibut is the largest fish of all the flatfish species, with the highest recorded weighing in at almost 500 lbs. More commonly, they weigh between 10 and 200 lbs.

Care is taken when halibut fishing. An individual vessel quota system has increased the availability of fresh halibut, as well as the quality of the fish.

Marx Foods, headquartered in Seattle, Wash. is an online specialty food company dedicated to bringing the highest quality epicurean products directly to the consumer’s doorstep. For a decade, it has been selling to white tablecloth restaurants nationwide. Items now available to consumers include a variety of truffles, truffle products, game meat, grass-fed beef & veal, sausage, game birds, seafood, sea vegetables, wild produce, oils, grains, seeds and filled pastas. To ensure freshness, most products are shipped via Federal Express overnight.

If you don’t see what you’re looking for, special requests are welcome by calling (866) 588-MARX. Not sure what to buy the food lover in your life? Gift certificates are available.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For more information, to obtain high-resolution photos, recipe ideas or to set up an interview with Justin Marx, please contact Emily Adamson (emily@marxfoods.com) at (206) 447-1818.