Survival of the fittest is expertly exemplified by one marine creature: Minnesota’s freshwater mussels. These shellfish are being applauded for their unique and clever survival strategy. They ...

Creatures of the sea are some of the more tricky proteins to prepare — preparing scallops, for example, could go wrong in many ways. When it comes to cooking mussels, be sure you do justice to the ...

It's 1970-something. Mussels are virtually unknown in the United States. They're something that the French eat, but what can you expect of a people that eats snails? I'm on a beach on Nantucket Island ...