Highly valued for its edible muscular foot and mother-of-pearl shell, the pinto abalone has declined significantly in recent decades and faces extinction unless it'ss protected — and soon — under the ...

A routine traffic stop in Sonoma County turned out to be anything but, as police found methamphetamine, about three dozen ...

There's a big difference between fresh abalone and the dried stuff. While the latter is very expensive to buy and time-consuming to prepare, fresh abalone is reasonably priced (although not ...

They grow to a maximum length of 10 inches, and adults weigh between one and two pounds. Abalone shells are extremely strong, as are the tenacious orange “feet” of these snails, which they use to ...

If using small, fresh abalone, buy one per person and have the vendor clean them; for the larger ones, buy three or four weighing about 150 grams each, then slice them when they're thawed.