This delicious pasta dish balances the robust flavor of geoduck body meat with a rich olive cream and a nutty brown butter sauce. The included technique for slicing, pounding, and then coating the geoduck meat in egg before briefly sautéing (steps 5 & 11) results in pieces that are particularly flavorful and tender.  It’s worth …

Geoduck siphon meat has a crisp, slightly crunchy texture and is delicious served raw.  Here it’s dressed with orange oil and tarragon oil, then garnished with orange, tarragon, and fresno pepper for a refreshing & intriguing blend of colors and flavors. The finished dish is light, sweet, herby, and slightly spicy without overpowering the clam-flavor …

Interested in cooking fresh geoducks at home, but not sure quite how to prepare the giant clams? Here’s our video guide to the whole process. We’ve included text instructions below for easy reference. Directions: 1. Test your geoducks to make sure they’re still alive (how to test geoducks for freshness). 2. Bring a stock pot …

Geoduck chowder is delicious, comforting, and easy to make.  It’s a great way to utilize the geoduck’s tender body meat after you’d sliced the crisp neck meat for geoduck sashimi or other applications. Here’s our version, which is a little different (it omits the cream or tomatoes often found in clam chowders) but very, very …

Geoducks offer two different textures of meat: delicately flavored, crunchy siphon/neck meat and soft body/mantle meat.  Usually the siphon meat is used raw (though we’ve also turned it into delicious ceviche), while the body meat is cooked. Geoduck sashimi (sometimes called mirugai or “giant clam” on sushi restaurant menus) is a simple, satisfying treat that’s …

Sometimes people ask us how to tell if their live geoducks are alive when they get them.  Here’s a simple test to be sure: Remove them from their wrappings and let them rest for a moment in a pan or on a dish. Then prod each of them. They should move (retract). Here’s a video …

Husband and wife team, Grant & Ashley Jones, have constructed an internet temple to all things geoduck over at GeoduckRecipes.com. Here they’ve been kind enough to share some of their expert knowledge of what is possibly the most bizarre and delicious clam in the world, along with a tasty looking recipe and some great photos.  …