As a kid I worked at El Pescador Fish Market in La Jolla, CA, which is where I met Lauro Saraspe for the first time. Lauro would come in through the backdoor, a bear of a man standing in the 6’4″ range, he’d wrangle in swordfish and lay it on the ground and begin to ice down the giant animal. Once his duties were done, he’d help himself to a big bowl of our Cioppino, as you can imagine after hundreds of bowls of Cioppino he knows a thing or two about it. Since those days, I’ve had the privilege of trying Lauro’s personal Cioppino recipe and it does not disappoint, a treat on these cooler fall days going into Holiday. Tanner Saraspe is Lauro’s granddaughter we are lucky enough to have her share his epic recipe with us.
Grandpa Lauro’s Cioppino
