abalone

He notes there is hardly a commercial fishing industry in California anymore and that once-abundant marine life, such as abalone, has become a culinary privilege for the elite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

As Mr. Ogilvy writes, “now the abalone live in hatcheries, the sardines in tanks, the tuna in the fish holds of charter boats and gourmet custom cans.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Kim Namin, 29, runs a seasoned gim processing factory with a 30-year family history in Wando, an island in South Korea's southern waters known for abalone and seaweed production.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

On special is an abalone soup, an alien beast in his time, and not our cup of tea, but they say Hemingway took a shine.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025

He swam to the door and ran his fingers along the abalone.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

“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

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

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

Afterwards I went down to the shore where I could gather a few abalones and sometimes spear a fish for my supper.

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