Halibut with potatoes

3 tablespoons corn oil 3 garlic cloves , minced 1 large onion , roughly chopped 2 carrots , roughly chopped 2 potatoes , peeled and roughly chopped 2 parsnips[...]

4 tablespoons olive oil 2 halibut fillets (red snapper and grouper work equally well) 4 garlic cloves , sliced 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 bay leaf 10[...]

4 halibut fillets 2 1/2 ounces butter 1 shallot , chopped 1 garlic clove , chopped 9 ounces clams 9 ounces mussels 6 tablespoons dry white wine 3 1/2 ounces[...]