Bouillabaisse - 1

1 pound fin fish --

-- flounder, trout)

1 pound shrimp -- lobster,

-- scallops, crab meat

18 small clams -- mussels, or lobster

OR all 1/4 cup olive oil

1 large onion finely chopped

2 shallots minced

4 cloves garlic finely chopped

1 28 ounces ca tomatoes -- (coarsely, chopped)

-- with liquid

2 cups fish stock -- clam juice or broth

1/2 cup dry sherry

2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon thyme -- basil, saffron

pepper to taste

fresh chopped parsley for -- garnish