Spaghetti with Mussels

If you live near the seashore or have access to fresh mussels, this may be your dish. In addition to being tasty, mussels are very inexpensive. Since Italy is a peninsula, it has an unusually long shoreline for a country of its size. Therefore, mussels appear in many of the different Italian regional cuisines. The mussels of Portovenere in Liguria are known as datteri di mare (sea dates) and are highly prized. Taranto, in the foot of the Italian boot, is also known for its mussels; t