At low tide, on many a craggy corner of Aotearoa New Zealand’s coastline, you can find clusters of large, oval, emerald-and-gold bivalves, encrusted with barnacles and sucked tightly onto the rocks. They’re quick to pick and easy to prepare: boil or steam them for just a couple of minutes, and the shells spring open to […]
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