1/3 c  Olive oil
3    Chopped onions
2    Chopped carrots
2    Stalks chopped celery
1    Chopped green pepper
3    Crushed garlic cloves
1 ts Oregano
1/3 c  Chopped parsley
1 cn (20 oz) plum tomatoes
1 pt Clam juice
Juice of 1 lemon
1 pn Saffron, soaked in 2 Tbls.
Hot water 10 minutes
1 c  Dry sherry or Sauterne
Salt & pepper to taste
2    Jumbo lobster tails, cut
Into large chunks, shells &
All
1 1/2 lb Jumbo green shrimp,
Deveined
1 lb Scallops, rinsed & drained
1 1/2 lb Fish fillets: bass, halibut,
Snapper, cut into large
Chunks
2    Dz neck clams or mussels
Well scrubbed
Sour dough bread

Heat oil in large pot or Dutch oven; add chopped vegetables, garlic,
oregano & parsley. Saute until vegetables are tender. Stir in
tomatoes, clam juice, lemon juice & saffron in water; bring to boil.
Lower heat & simmer 10 minutes. Add wine, salt, pepper, shellfish &
fillets; cover pot & continue to simmer, stirring often, for 15
minutes, or until clams open. Taste to correct seasonings; serve in
large bowls with sour dough bread.