Mussel

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Corsica's finest dishes feature fresh seafood. Here's an uncomplicated and delicious example.

"I go to Spain frequently, and I've tried many kinds of paella there," says Bruce Cummings of Baltimore, Maryland. "Recently, though, I discovered an outstanding one right here in Baltimore, at Tio Pepe Restaurante."

Mimosa in Los Angeles uses coconut milk in this version of a Breton classic.

Serve these mussels with a frisée salad dressed with red wine vinaigrette. Add french fries, plus a baguette for sopping up the sauce. Lemon tart would be good for dessert. See how to clean mussels.

NORMANDY In Normandy, this richly flavored stew would be served with a composed salad of watercress, shallots, and roasted beets. What to drink: Muscadet, Chablis, or unoaked Chardonnay.

This is a rich, filling way of serving mussels. Make sure to have a lot of good bread to sop up all the juices.

The classic Korean pancake, threaded with seafood and lots of scallions, has crispy edges and a kicky dipping sauce, making it a perfect drinking snack.

Bright, fresh, colorful, and easy to eat with one hand, this take on the classic Peruvian mussels dish is a great cocktail snack.

A scaled-down seafood boil you can pull off on a weeknight with nearly any quick-cooking vegetables.

Plus mayo bread, because we can.

A punch fish stew with scallops and mussels and all the good things.

A super simple red sauce lets the shellfish shine—say that 5 times fast.