Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Gooseneck barnacle, anyone? Biologist studies seafood recipes to gauge our relationship with sea

Urchins, oysters, sea cucumbers and clams were popular in Northwest recipes before 1910. Clockwise from top left: (1) The Green Sea Urchin, common in the tidal waters of the Puget Sound, feeds on seaweed. Credit: Seattle Aquarium, 2001 (2) Shucking oysters is just another day's work at Hog Island Oyster Co., a dining institution that farms for oysters along Tomales Bay. Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times, 2008. (3) Sea cucumbers. Steve Ringman/The Seattle TImes, 2004. (4) Clams are prepped before being added to the main dish at a paella party in Chicago, Illinois. Andrew A. Nelles/Chicago Tribune, 2009.