Note: When I call for bread crumbs, I mean stale bread (two days or so old) pulsed in a food processor until it's coarse (about the size of lentils) or fine (slightly larger than grains of sand), ...

In the fall of 2019, I began testing the recipes for Italian American, the cookbook from Scott Tacinelli and Angie Rito, the chefs at Don Angie, a cozy, twinkly (you guessed it) Italian American ...

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Scrub mussels, and discard any broken ones. Place in a large pot with 2 inches of water. Cover and bring to boil for about 3 to 4 minutes or until the muscles open.

No, life isn¹t too short to stuff a mussel. In fact stuffed mussels are a huge treat. (I do believe that, in the long run, going to a bit trouble for our supper is generally worth it.) Have you ever ...

Local mussels replace escargots in this heady garlic-butter West Coast appetizer. Serve with Chardonnay and beer from B.C.

Although I like stuffed mussels, chilled mussels (especially smoked ones) and mussels cooked in a wood oven in clarified butter, as they used to serve them at Lulu in San Francisco, for me, mussels ...