Holiday guide · December

Seatopia for Host Gifts

Bring the fish, not another bottle.

A whole cured piece and a card, not a casserole. Several of the recipes in the guide already behave like host gifts if you let them. Three ways to arrive.

The whole holiday guide Everything for the freezer

Your plan

Cure it two days aheadThe fish ham, the beet-cured lox and the gravlax all start days before the party.
Wrap it wholeWrap the cured piece whole and write the slicing note on the card.
Or send itOrders ship Tuesday or Wednesday, so send it a week ahead of the night it is for, or send a gift card and let them pick.

The menu

Bring the fish, not another bottle

Bring the fish, not another bottle: a whole cured piece, a seacuterie box or a bagel-spread kit, plus a Seatopia gift card when it is going to someone else’s door.

The whole cured piece

A fish ham, a beet-cured lox or a gravlax

Cure it two days ahead, wrap it whole, write the slicing note on the card.
Start with the fish ham, the beet-cured lox or the gravlax.

Start with a steelhead loin →

The seacuterie box

Smoked steelhead, scallops, a tin of roe, a lemon

The host assembles the board; you brought everything on it.
Tuck in a printed copy of the seacuterie recipe.

Cold-smoked lox →

The bagel-spread kit

Cold-smoked lox and salmon roe, for the morning after

The Hanukkah gift and the Christmas-morning gift are the same gift.
Add a card for the lox bagel or the crêpes.

Salmon roe →

If the gift is a delivery to someone else's door, a Seatopia gift card lets them pick the night it arrives. Orders ship Tuesday or Wednesday, so send it a week ahead of the night it is for.

In the freezer

The fish for Host gifts

Our fish is blast-frozen to −10°F at harvest and vacuum sealed, and the roe and caviar tins arrive frozen, so it all keeps until the night you want it. See every pick for the season.

Steelhead, Sashimi Loin

from $50

The loin behind the cider poach, the fish ham, the Wellington and the beet cure.

2,560 mg EPA + DHA67 mcg selenium

As tested, per 12 oz loin. Values vary by sample and season.

King Salmon

from $56

For the gravlax, the miso cure and the apple-farro plate.

3,430 mg EPA + DHA64 mcg selenium

As tested, per 8.5 oz skin-on portion. Values vary by sample and season.

Steelhead, Cold-Smoked Lox

from $32

For the bagel spread, the crêpes and the seacuterie board.

850 mg EPA + DHA22 mcg selenium

As tested, per 4 oz portion. Values vary by sample and season.

Pastrami Smoked Lox

from $40

Peppery and dark-edged. The cucumber bites, the cream cheese bowl, the fritters.

1,420 mg EPA + DHA18 mcg selenium

As tested, per 4 oz portion. Values vary by sample and season.

Salmon Roe Caviar

from $30

The garnish that ties the whole season together. Night eight, the crêpes, the tartare.

525 mg EPA + DHA27 mcg selenium

As tested, per 30 g tin. Values vary by sample and season.

Osetra Caviar

from $109

For midnight. A tin, a spoon, something sparkling.

Questions

Before you order for Host gifts

Can I send it to someone else?

Yes. A Seatopia gift card lets them pick the night it arrives. If you send fish, orders ship Tuesday or Wednesday and someone needs to be there to move it to the freezer.

What is the easiest gift to put together?

The bagel-spread kit: cold-smoked lox and salmon roe, with a card for the lox bagel or the crêpes. The Hanukkah gift and the Christmas-morning gift are the same gift.