But here's one thing every chef familiar with mussels will tell you: fresh only, never frozen. "Fresh is best" is a mantra that holds especially true for mussels. While those bags of frozen ...

I do not recommend using frozen mussels for this chili mussels recipe. Freezing changes the texture of shellfish, which becomes very obvious in simple preparations like this one. If you’re a fan ...

Avoid frozen bivalves as they usually taste rubbery when cooked. When buying mussels, colour is not indicative of quality – orange-fleshed mussels are female while whiter mussels are male.