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astice

lobster

Hommarus gamarus, the ones with the really big claws. They're expensive—because they hate each other and are very territorial, foiling all the Italians' attempts to raise them commercially.

àstese is the Venetian name.

Fish & Seafood

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Image by Kevin Law