Shellfish is a gift to hot weather cooks. In its purest form—raw—it requires no cooking at all, and platters of icy, briny shellfish have special appeal when appetites are in a heat-induced torpor.

Learn how to clean clams before cooking so you can enjoy restaurant-worthy clams at home. When you spot a tumble of clams in the fresh seafood case at the market, they can look intimidating with their ...