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.

Unless you know how fresh they are, always eat mussels on the same day you buy them. Carefully place the blue-black mussels into a sinkful of cold water and discard any that stay open when tapped.