From Dangerous Fish To Delicious Dish

The lionfish is an aggressive, invasive species that’s destroying coral reefs around the world. We will chat with three people from diverse backgrounds who are trying to address the issue by putting lionfish on the menu. John Rizzi is the executive director of Robots in Service of the Environment, a company developing an underwater robot to catch lionfish. Todd McGuire is program director of 11th Hour Racing, a sailing team promoting eating lionfish, and chef Rick Moonen is pushing to make lionfish a popular menu item for restaurants. 

This episode of "The Leonard Lopate Show" is guest hosted by Deb Perelman. Perelman is a self-taught home cook, photographer and creator of SmittenKitchen.com. Her first book, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, was a New York Times bestseller. She lives in New York City with her husband and their two children, and is currently at work on her second cookbook, which is due out this fall.