This baked mussels appetizer, like all other shellfish dishes, is best enjoyed fresh to maintain its texture and flavor. Storing mussels can affect their quality, so it’s recommended to eat them ...

If you do collect your own mussels, make sure the waters are unpolluted. They are at their best in the colder months outside the breeding season. Shop around when buying mussels and select those ...

Finger bowls at the ready for a classy mussel recipe that packs a punch - serve with toasted baguette or sourdough. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and blanch the spinach for 30 seconds.

Toasted walnuts are a surprise addition to the creamy, smoky red pepper puree that gets swirled into these harissa-spiked steamed mussels. Recipes published by Food & Wine are rigorously tested by ...

As spring awakens, many in the Puget Sound region come out of their shells every year to enjoy some world-class mussels in ...

What is Shaoxing wine? Shaoxing wine is a Chinese cooking wine, and its salty-sweet and fruity flavor profile informs this dish as the mussels both steam in it and later soak and chill in the ...

Local mussels replace escargots in this heady garlic-butter West Coast appetizer. Serve with Chardonnay and beer from B.C. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your ...

In the middle, Chef Michael Wieczorek from Pacific Seafood cooks his best mussel stew in a challenge against Chef Robert Spaulding from Elliot’s Oyster House, at right. Saturday, Wieczorek was crowned ...

Weeks has been a chef for about as long as the festival has been around — four decades. A former aerospace engineer who dreamed of the sky, his heart, stomach and talents are now devoted to the ...