Ours is a world of water. Earth is the only world we know that has liquid water on its surface. Oceans cover seven tenths of the planet’s surface. Yet, in many ways, they remain a mystery. The most amazing thing though, is the variety of their wonderful seafood that has been the flagship of local cuisines for centuries. Offered to anyone with passion for further culinary exploration of great food.

Herman Melville, Moby-Dick ( 1851)

“…It was made of small juicy clams, scarcely bigger than hazel nuts, mixed with pounded ship biscuit, and salted pork cut up into little flakes; the whole enriched with butter, and plentifully seasoned with pepper and salt. Our appetites are sharpened by the frosty voyage, and in particular, Queequeg seeing his favorite fishing food before him, and the chowder being surpassingly excellent, we dispatched it with great expedition…”