Editor’s Note: Mussels are a sandy situation, especially when you’re dealing with wild ones. They spit out sand like angry, foul-mouthed sailors. In order to ensure that you don’t feast on crunchy ...

Cut bread into thick slices. If grilling, lightly oil both sides and grill each side. Or, run through a toaster, then brush with oil. On each slice, place 2-3 mussels, a piparra and a lemon slice.

Among the grilled and smoked foods, bivalves seem special somehow. (Think oysters and New Year’s.) They’re also among the easiest to prepare, as long as you know the basics. “You learn by your ...

Available now, King Oscar is proud to introduce Premium Smoked Mussels in Extra Virgin Olive Oil, in three crave-worthy flavors: Mussels in Extra Virgin Olive Oil Mussels in Extra Virgin Olive Oil ...

Sweat onions and butter in a medium pot until translucent, approx 5 minutes. Add celery and garlic and sweat until garlic is translucent. Add flour and cook, stirring, for an additional minute.

The stars of the show, along with some of juniper oil and beer vinegar oysters and crispy chickpeas for good measure. Credit: TCB When I was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, at 24, it was a shock ...

Roast the potatoes in a 350 degree oven (skin on for 1 1/2 hours or until soft). Remove potatoes from skin and place the potatoes in a food mill. Let cool. Mix egg, olive oil and salt with potatoes.

Like cookies and milk or mac and cheese, some food just belongs together and one of Guinness's best culinary pals is most certainly seafood and, in this writer's opinion, most definitely smoked fish.

After trying the smoked eel last week, nothing was gonna stop me from prying open a can of smoked mussels next. But after seeing the orangey-green oily film on the peeled-back lid, my enthusiasm was ...

Nick Anderer, executive chef of Maialino (Gramercy Park Hotel, 2 Lexington Avenue; 212-777-2410) and Marta (Martha Washington Hotel, 29 East 29th Street; 212-651-3800), spends enough time meandering ...