The Dane finds a magic shell, which, when rubbed ... sometimes called tongues—the sea urchin’s wobbly gonads. Karoline O.A. Pettersen Sea urchins with their skin and spines removed.

A spiky, alien-looking sea creature, uni is also highly prized for its complex flavor. We interviewed the experts for an in-depth guide.

What it is: Uni, or sea urchin, is a small creature with a spiny shell. It is the orange roe within the urchin that is edible and considered a delicacy, especially in Japanese cuisine. Uni has a ...

If you want to try urchin live out of the shell on any day that isn’t Saturday ... “There’s something magical about eating sea urchin, especially eating live urchin. You just get this ...

The green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis ... The five mouth parts are found at the bottom of a five-part shell, also known as a test, that is covered by spines.

The shell, known as the ‘test’, is made up ... Although the edible parts of the sea urchin are referred to as ‘roe’ or corals, these are in fact its reproductive organs.

Some of the best-tasting sea urchin in the world is found in the ... I worked a tool that reminded me of a guillotine until the urchin shell split in half. Removing the mouth exposed the prize ...

This dish is deceptively simple, made with sea urchin already removed from the shell. It has a wonderful briny, iodine sweetness. Sea urchin pasta Credit: Andrea Taccone, Alba Salentinian ...

Others live in the deep ocean, mostly up to 5,000 metres below the surface. The deepest a sea urchin has ever been recorded at is 7,340 metres. Sea urchins first appeared around 450 million years ago.

“It was very eye-catching,” he said, as he absently played with a sea urchin shell that he keeps in his office. “And that’s the reason why, when we started thinking about the relaunch of ...