Chip In With Cioppino: A Seafood Staple at Restaurants in Reno, NV

"The roots of cioppino go back to San Francisco, but the credit for introducing the dish goes to Italian sailors from Genoa, a city in northern Italy. Nobody really knows how cioppino got its name, but the Genovesi cooked this dish in the same fashion. They would “chip in” whatever their nets caught that day and turn them into a tasty tomato-based stew. Of course, that's only a theory; its history prior to its debut in San Francisco is still shrouded in mystery. There are various versions of the cioppino; however, stews are flexible enough to have just about anything. Many recipes called for Dungeness crab and Little Neck clams, but several restaurants in Reno, NV like The Grill at Quail Corners like to be unique. They substituted Dungeness for king crab and Little Neck for manila clams. You can have cioppino anyway you want it as long as it has a seasoned tomato base. "

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