Island Creek Mussels in Pickled Sauce sturgeon and marked by a giant

and marked by a giant stone monument that pays homage to (arguably) the first pre-Jamestown settlement here in 1602

The muddy bottom that the cages sit on and the high density of algae in the shallow waters not only give the oysters an earthy and vegetal taste

rugged Maine beaches

location is everything

Island Creek Mussels in Pickled Sauce sturgeon and marked by a giantProducer: Costas y Mian Where it's from: Galicia, Spain Story: The ocean has shaped the culture, cuisine, and economy of Galicia for centuries. Nicknamed "the land of a thousand rivers", Galicia is studded with bays and inlets which are fed "rias" [aka estuaries). It's this magical brew of the fresh and salt water that makes Galicia one of the most prolific shellfishing regions in the world. Why its unique: These mussels were grown on floating rafts