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Caption: cuttlefish ink spaccatelli with periwinkles and rapini
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Caption: begin at the sea...
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Caption: finding the shore speckled with periwinkles, pluck as many as your jar can hold...
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Caption: don't forget the seaweed...
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Caption: gather your loot...
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Caption: boil your periwinkles for seven minutes...
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Caption: boil your seaweed and pasta together as one, injecting the flavors of sea and salt...
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Caption: remove the little buggers from their shells...
Caption: sauté the shelled winkles and some mushrooms in butter with some chopped garlic and shallots
sprinkle in some gorgonzola cheese and toss in the rapini until it's wilted
remove the seaweed from the pasta pot and use it for compost - dump the pasta right in to the pan with the periwinkles and mix it all up
serve hot, with some crusty bread and a glass of wine
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Caption: We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came. John F Kennedy
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Caption: full recipe with many more directions at www.breadandbarrow.com