Dive into your next bowl of this delicious shellfish armed with these expert tips. For many shellfish fans, the question of ...

Most people haven’t cooked many — if any — mussels in their lifetimes. Just the sight of that little cluster of blue-black shells is sometimes enough to send one scurrying back toward more familiar ...

Mussels are likely the sort of thing that you’d order at an old school French restaurant, but would never pick up at the store. (Maybe one time you saw a recipe asking you to “remove their beards” and ...

If you are intimidated by the idea of cooking mussels, you are not alone. But it is easy, really. And these tasty bivalves are highly nutritious: they are a great source of protein (ounce for ounce, ...

Years ago, toward the tail end of the collapse of a ten-year relationship, I escaped to Charlotte for a night with a friend who had a spare ticket to a Sufjan Stevens concert. We went out to eat ...

Mussels may boost your mood as well as your heart. When cooked, mussels open up and reveal a morsel of sweet meat that ranks as a top food for omega-3 fatty acids. The May/June issue of Eating Well ...

Shellfish gathering is a fun and enjoyable outdoor experience. Mussels don’t get as much hype as Manila clams and geoducks, but they’re rather easy to forage in Puget Sound waterways. This week, chef ...

Paccheri with potato cream and mussels is a delicious creation from Campania, Italy—seriously good stuff—where land meets sea in a delightful way. You know, in Naples, combining seafood and potatoes ...

When Sergio Herman was growing up, escaping mussels was almost out of the question. The Michelin-starred chef was born and bred in Oud Sluis, the now-defunct but world-renowned seafood restaurant ...