BATON ROUGE, LA - Asian Carp Invasion Featuring Chef Philippe Parola
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ZAGAT VIDEO - Asian carp are known as an invasive species due to their aggressive nature and rapid growth, but one Louisiana chef is offering a unique solution when it comes to fighting back. Watch as Zagat travels to central Louisiana to investigate how chef Philippe Parola's "can't beat 'em, eat 'em" strategy is helping lead the fight against worldwide carp domination.
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Illinois Launches Asian Carp Anti-Hunger Program
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BATON ROUGE - Plopping a 25-pound Asian carp in all its glorious ugliness onto a table in the middle of a conference room is a sure-fire way to get an audience’s attention.
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CBS EVENING NEWS - Leaping Asian Carp are fun to watch, but they are a real threat because they multiply so fast and eat so much they starve out native fish. One chef is on a crusade to get them on American plates with a new name: the silverfin. Barr
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VOA NEWS - In the northwestern state of Oregon recently, another control method saw a brief revival: namely, cooking and eating them.
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[ARTICLE AND VIDEO]If there was a proselytizer in chief and head cheerleader for chewing our way out of the problem of edible invasive species it was Philippe Parola, a chef and food consultant from Baton Rouge, La., who did the cooking demonstration for both Asian carp (dubbed "Silverfin") and the nutria (think "water rabbit").If there was a proselytizer in chief and head cheerleader for chewing our way out of the problem of edible invasive species it was Philippe Parola, a chef and food consultant from Baton Rouge, La., who did the cooking demonstration for both Asian carp (dubbed "Silverfin") and the nutria (think "water rabbit").
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The Worst Fish in America: Asian Carpocalypse
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VICE NEWS VIDEO - VICE News correspondent Thomas Morton investigates Asian carp — a slimy, ugly, and often gargantuan species of fish that has taken over many waterways in the United States.
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OREGON - Frog leg potato salad. Feral pig bratwurst. Pulled wild turkey. In other words — not your average meal. All of these unusual foods were available to diners at the Invasive Species Cook-off, which was held Sunday afternoon at Chintimini Farm in Philomath.
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