Cut bread into thick slices. If grilling, lightly oil both sides and grill each side. Or, run through a toaster, then brush with oil. On each slice, place 2-3 mussels, a piparra and a lemon slice.

Like cookies and milk or mac and cheese, some food just belongs together and one of Guinness's best culinary pals is most certainly seafood and, in this writer's opinion, most definitely smoked fish.

Ingredients:-1 pound mussels-2 oz butter-1/2 cup garlic-1 oz kale-2 oz shiitake-1 oz High Speed Wit-1 oz Black Forest Ham-1/8th of a BaguetteMethod:Place all ingredients in a cold saute pan. Place ...

All our summer-starved heart wants is to nosh on this salty, buttery masterpiece alfresco with a chilled bottle of vino. One bite transports you to a breathtaking French countryside. Serve this ...

Roast the potatoes in a 350 degree oven (skin on for 1 1/2 hours or until soft). Remove potatoes from skin and place the potatoes in a food mill. Let cool. Mix egg, olive oil and salt with potatoes.

Just about every night this time of year, the most seductive smell breezes into my apartment like a taunt. Somewhere some neighbor has fired up a hardwood grill for dinner while I’m trapped with ...

Just about every night this time of year, the most seductive smell breezes into my apartment like a taunt. Somewhere some neighbor has fired up a hardwood grill for dinner while I’m trapped with ...

Nick Anderer, executive chef of Maialino (Gramercy Park Hotel, 2 Lexington Avenue; 212-777-2410) and Marta (Martha Washington Hotel, 29 East 29th Street; 212-651-3800), spends enough time meandering ...

Back in March, American Mussel Harvesters in North Kingstown announced a statewide recipe competition for chefs. More than 35 restaurants signed on to participate, offering their best mussel dishes to ...