A special, fat mussels in white wine broth lost some of flavor, diluted under a heavy pouring of cream.

Another gem was mussels in a white wine broth, orange zest taking the dish out of the common run.

Steamed clams with chorizo in a white wine broth were delicious.

Appetizers like simple green salad, goat cheese salad and mussels in a white wine broth, served with crisp, freshly cut fries, are well made.

Scallops and shrimp with wild mushrooms served on fresh spinach in a saffron-white wine broth was one.

The lemony baked clams gave our jaws a workout, as did those mixed with mussels and steamed in a wine broth.

Among the latter was a wonderful assembly of thumbnail-size clams in a garlic-laced white wine broth that begged to be sopped up with bread.

Mussels and clams in a thyme-scented white wine broth.

Another good choice is a merluza, hake with a wine broth and clams and herbs.

The mussels and manila clams with cannellini beans in garlic-white wine broth are usually reliable.