This is the first recipe for cioppino that I ever made. I did not like the Cioppino that is in spaghetti sauce so when I found this one I thought I would try it. My family loves it! So much so that my husband and I used this recipe for a Cioppino Feed for my son's school. It was a huge success and everyone asked if we were going to do it again next year! I give it four stars because we made a few changes. 1. We split the butter into half butter and half olive oil. 2. We eliminated the water and replaced it with clam juice. 3. We added a lot more garlic. 4. Added diced celery to the onion and the garlic. 5. Added salt. 6. We also used crab legs instead of crab meat. Other then those changes we followed the recipe as written. Try this recipe, you will not be disappointed!