CIOPPINO from James Beard

1 sea bass or striped bass
1 lb shrimp
1 quart clams or mussels
1/4 lb dried mushrooms
1 West Coast crab or lobster

3 or 4 tomatoes
1 green pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped

3 T chopped parsley
1/3 cup tomato paste
1 pint red wine
Salt, pepper

Cut raw fish into serving size pieces. shell shrimp, clean and steam clams and save the liquid. Soak the mushrooms in cold water. break crab apart. peel and chop tomatoes and chop green pepper.

Place olive oil in deep pot; when hot, add onion garlic, parsley, mushrooms and green pepper and cook for 3 minutes. Add tomatoes and paste, wine and liquid from clams. Salt and pepper to taste. cover and simmer 30 min. add cut up fish, shrimp and crab, and cook until done. Serve with red wine and garlic bread.