Cioppino is San Francisco's answer to bouillabaisse and, like that famous Provencal seafood soup, is made with a variety of the freshest fish possible. In San Francisco the mixture included Dungeness crab, which adds a unique flavor, but any regional crab will do. If crab is not available, substitute another shellfish. No clams? Try mussels. The point is to treat the following recipe as a guide and use whatever looks best in the market the day you make the soup.

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INGREDIENTS:
•4 garlic cloves, minced
•1/4 cup olive oil
•1 medium onion, chopped fine
•1/2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
•1 green bell pepper, chopped
•1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
•1 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
•1 bay leaf
•1 cup good red wine like Zinfandel, cabernet or a good chianti
•a 28-to 32-ounce can whole tomatoes including juice, purιed coarse
•1 tablespoon tomato paste
•2 pounds live hard-shelled crabs
•12 small hard-shelled clams, scrubbed well
•1/2 pound medium shrimp, shelled, leaving tails and first joint intact
•1/2 pound sea scallops
•1 pound scrod or other white fish fillet, cut into 1-inch pieces
•2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves

•In a heavy kettle (at least 5 quarts) cook garlic in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until pale golden. Add onion and cook, stirring, until softened. Add pepper flakes and bell pepper and cook, stirring, until softened. Add vinegar and boil until evaporated. Add wine, oregano, and bay leaf and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in tomato purιe and tomato paste and bring to a boil.

•Add crabs and clams and simmer, covered, 15 to 20 minutes, checking often and transferring clams as they open with tongs to a bowl (discard unopened ones).

•Transfer crabs with tongs to a cutting board and remove top shells, adding any crab liquid to soup. Halve or quarter crabs (depending on size) and reserve, with any additional liquid, in a bowl.

•Add shrimp, scallops, and fish to soup and simmer, covered, 5 minutes, or until seafood is just cooked through. Stir in gently crabs, their liquid, and clams and sprinkle with parsley. Serves 6.

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