I like but don't love mussels like I do other seafood; shrimp, scallops, clams, oysters, crab, octopus, squid etc. I enjoy a few then the taste gets to me. Would I be wrong to say cloying sweetnes...
We like diving into a bowl of mussels from time to time at restaurants that do the proper job with them. During the Covid crisis we have rediscovered how easy, cost effective, and delish these moll...
I recently purchased a bag and used it in a pasta sauce; it has mussels, squid rings, and octopus, among other types of seafood. While the squid rings were tender, everything else seemed pretty mu...
Moules frites with a good bottle of wine in my all time favorite meal. I will be traveling to France in November. I already have plans to spend time in Paris and driving around Normandy. Where, in ...
" . . . A record-breaking June heatwave apparently caused the largest die-off of mussels in at least 15 years at Bodega Head, a small headland on the northern California bay. And Sones received rep...
Thai Spice opened in Cloverdale a couple years ago. The owners previously operated the other Thai restaurant in town. I had noticed these friendly folks vending at the Friday Night Live food fair. ...
Yes, we did have a chowdown last month in Baja California, meeting for the Festival de las Conchas y Vino Nuevo in Ensenada and Valle de Guadalupe. Sometimes just two of us and as many as five in o...
Last May, glbtrtr reported on Pier 46 Seafood in Templeton. A week later I had a chance to try it myself. Trying to escape the 100-degree heat in Paso Robles, we had headed to Templeton which was a...
I've got a couple of cups of left-over mussel and clams broth. It was prepared with onion, garlic and tomatoes while steaming mussels and clams. I could freeze it and re-use it later, but tomorr...
Stopped by Ginger and Lemongrass last night and since it is Lent we ordered Green Curry w/Mussels and a Crispy Panko Lime Cod Banh Mi. The mussels were the best I've had in a long, long time. Big a...
Can't find a whole lot online about this. Where to go in Paris for the best mussels & fries? Help!
Looking for a place to get a good tap beer and appetizers. Sometimes we do not feel like a entre and would prefer to share a few appetizers. We are willing to drive a bit if necessary Sorry ...
I bought a 2 pound bag of mussels yesterday. Forgot to transfer it out of the packaging when I got home. I bought them around 5 PM last night, realized at around 12:30 today. They have been stored ...
My daughter and her husband are coming over for dinner this weekend - she always requests mussels. I have exhausted most recipes (white wine, beer, coconut, pernod, lemon, saffron, etc.) - anyone ...
My preparation of this meal never lived up to the taste of a restaurant. Either my mussels do not pick up the sauce flavor or the sauce has no mussel flavor. The flavors just never blend. I am...
Question - Clams are on sale and mussels are also on sale. How do they differ? I've never cooked clams (but I've had them in restaurants) and I've never eaten mussels. I live in an arid desert...
Hello, My boyfriend and I cooked this recipe this tonight for dinner: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jeff-mauro/slow-cooker-thai-coconut-mussels.html We followed the recipe step by st...
Hubs and I are celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary soon. We live in the mid-west but love seafood. Needless to say we are not experts at cooking seafood due to the lack of availability. We are...
I absolutely love them and used to order them all the time. The first (and subsequently only) time I made them at home I became violently ill. I tend to think I did not prepare them properly. Anoth...
What is a good wine to pair with this food? also, roasted chicken? what is a good pairing for (in general) french rustic fare? i figure the mussels call for a white of some kind, maybe a ... c...