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Posts tagged “clams”

Andrea's Spaghetti with White Clam Sauce
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Spaghetti with White Clam Sauce How long does it take? 30 minutes Category: Omnivore Name: Andrea Why is it a favorite meal? This meal is healthy, takes under 30 minutes to make, and is most...

Look! Digging for Razor Clams on Not Martha

Have you ever gone digging for clams? We've always wanted to, and Megan's post on her blog Not Martha makes us want to even more! Check out a few more of her clam-digging pictures after the jump......

You Say Chowder, I Say Chowda: What's Your Style?

Although other kinds of chowder certainly exist, it's really clam chowder that we're most interested in. Since moving to New England, we've discovered that "clam chowder" can mean very different thing...

The Fish and Cheese Debate
The Cheesemonger

There's no official legislation outlawing the presence of fish and cheese on the same plate, but for many Italians — and those of us who would wish to remain in their gastronomic good graces &md...

What's the Difference? Hard Shell vs. Soft Shell Clams

Confession: For a very (very) long time, we believed that, like soft shell crabs, soft shell clams really did have soft edible shells. Turns out...not quite! Although their shells are comparatively th...

What's the Difference? Little Neck, Cherry Stone, Top Neck, and Quahog Clams

Actually, it might be more fun to ask what these all have in common (besides being mollusks, of course!). Can you guess?...

Celebrate Seafood: Another Delicious (and Educational!) Dinner at the New England Aquarium
Boston

Keeping up with which kinds of seafood are good choices and which ones are best to avoid can be a challenge. There's lists and websites and iPhone apps to help us out, but we prefer the Celebrate Seaf...

How To: Clean the Sand Out of Clams

'Tis the season for clams! Baked, grilled, steamed, or deep-fried: we'll eat them any way we can get them. When cooking clams at home, one thing that can pose a challenge is getting the sand out of t...

Easy Appetizer: Clams and Mussels on the Grill

Need to give people something to munch on while dinner is grilling? This couldn't be simpler — and it takes less than 10 minutes......

Texas Shellfish Recall Due to Algae Bloom

If you live in Texas and like to drive to the coast for fresh shellfish, be warned: an algae bloom has closed the bays in Aransas, Corpus Christi and Copano. A recall of oysters, clams and mussels ha...