Cioppino for the Seafoodie

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large fennel bulb, thinly sliced
• 1 1/2 onions, sliced
• 3 large shallots, sliced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 6 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon powerful pepper powder (cayenne, habanero, ghost, etc.)
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes in juice
• 1 1/2 cups dry white wine
• 5 cups fish stock
• 1 bay leaf
• A dozen cherrystone clams, scrubbed
• A bag of mussles, debearded
• 1 lb. large shrimp peeled and deveined
• 2 lbs fish fillets, I recommend a white fish and an oily fish ex. A pound each of snapper and mackerel
• Other seafood you like - Crab, Lobster, Squid, Octopus etc.