He reached into cracks and peered into crevices with a flashlight, hoping to find an endangered marine snail whose shell recently has become California’s state seashell: the black abalone. Seven ...

Use a scouring pad to remove any grit from the shells and pull out any beards If ... they are good to use Place your mussels back into cold water to remove any excess grit Place your dried noodle ...

It's not every day that most of us are shopping for or cooking clams and mussels. Perhaps you're planning on doing a Feast of ...

Freshwater mussels are some of the planet's most fascinating and underappreciated animals. With their beautifully colorful shells, diversity of shapes and interesting adornments — including ridges, ...

Carefully place the blue-black mussels into a sinkful of cold water and discard any that stay open when tapped. Pull away their beards and, if you are presenting them in their shells, it's a good ...

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“Eating a simple bowl of mussels, scooping the broth with the shell, is one of the great hands-on dining pleasures of eating Maine shellfish,” said Kirby Sholl, chef de cuisine at The Good ...

All the shells should have opened ... minute before pouring the cooking liquor from the mussels back in with a good crack of freshly cracked black pepper. Lower the heat and cook for a couple ...