This is the kind of recipe you’re going to want to reach for any time you’re craving shellfish. This spicy mussels recipe was designed as the star of a no-stress seafood menu. Although I first ...

Stuff the mussels: For each mussel ... shallow bowls and the grilled rustic bread. Recipe courtesy of A Girl and Her Pig: Recipes and Stories by April Bloomfield/Ecco, 2012.

Mussels can easily be an afterthought next to more fanciful seafood options like oysters and crabs. But the plump, briny bivalves can make for just as tasty a meal — often at an affordable price.

Steve prepared a very simple Mediterranean-inflected version of Mussels in White Wine Sauce that was a family "fast food" staple during their time in southern France.