abalone

And who knew that 19th-century San Francisco socialites ground up iridescent abalone shells and sprinkled them on their invitations?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Visiting one celebrated restaurant in San Francisco, he describes the preparation of commercially farmed abalone steaks as someone who knows his way around a commercial kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

At Rosewood’s three hotels located throughout New Zealand, the chefs honor this ethically sourced ethos, working with local purveyors and farmers to source indigenous ingredients like beach spinach, fern fronds and abalone.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

The coastal waters are used by tribal people for seaweed and abalone gathering, and the shores host youth cultural camps, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

I drove the thoughts from my head and ripped at the shoe buttons with the buttonhook, yanking so savagely that one of the abalone rounds snapped free and rolled under the cot.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

He recalled dishes considered delicacies such as donkey meat and abalones - a type of mollusc - being flown in from Pyongyang.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023

The traditional dish known as “poon choi,” or “basin food,” is a large dish filled with lotus root, radish, taro and more expensive delicacies such as prawns, abalones and meat layered on top.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2022

“Chinese people like to eat these expensive foods like sea cucumbers and abalones at our Lunar New Year family gatherings because we have worked very hard over the past year,” Fong said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2022

For centuries, fishermen have carved their homes into the bluffs, like bird’s nests, plucking abalones and sailing out for bamboo crabs.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2016

Ramo had the task of keeping the abalones safe from the gulls and especially the wild dogs.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell