What It Is: Rapa whelks are sea snails—the less-appreciated escargots of the ocean. Scientists discovered the invasive species, native to Asia, in the Chesapeake Bay in 1998. Now they’re caught in ...

I have been a regular at the Whelk since it opened a few years back. For some bizarre reason, it is often tremendously hard to find really great seafood on our southern Connecticut coastline. When the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Last week I wrote about how clam chowder isn’t made from quahogs harvested ...

Nick Lacasse experienced a slight hiccup while ordering whelks from his fish purveyor for this challenge. “They sent me five cases of elk,” he said. He ended up getting the whelks and returned the elk ...