Saffron-scented fish stew, combining scallops, shrimp, mussels and perch, is accurately named and accurately cooked, though the garlic in its broth is as assertive as the saffron.

He saves it for entertaining at home in Sag Harbor, N.Y., where his paella often combines monkfish, shrimp, mussels and sausage.

In a six-quart Dutch oven, combine the wine, mussels and clams and bring the wine to a boil over high heat.

Another dish, called Mediterranean delight, was slightly better, combining shrimp, lobster, mussels, clams, scallops and monkfish in a more vivid version of the same sauce.

Here is a quick summer dish - it can be served cool or at room temperature - that combines mussels, zucchini and tomatoes, with a piquant mustard-based sauce and pasta.

It combines lobster, shrimp, clams and mussels in the kind of multi-dimensional marinara sauce that many restaurants boast they prepare but rarely do.

Combine mussels with wine and thyme in pot, and cover.

In a large bowl, combine the scallops, shrimp and mussels.

Her salad combines new potatoes, extra-virgin olive oil, white wine, herbs and mussels in a variation she calls "decidedly California."

As for the striking paella, Bistro Latino combines lobsters, mussels, shrimp and clams with black beans, chorizo, pimento and saffron rice, at $21.95 for one; $19.50 a person for more than one.