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Diving for uni in Santa Barbara with Stephanie Mutz
Gonads are the edible parts of the spiny, purple sea urchin or uni. Stephanie Mutz, aka Sea Stephanie Fish , is one of just two female urchin divers in California who pluck them from the bottom of the ocean.
By Evan Kleiman • • 7m ListenGonads are the edible parts of the spiny, purple sea urchin or uni. Stephanie Mutz, aka Sea Stephanie Fish, is one of just two female urchin divers in California who pluck them from the bottom of the ocean. She talks about the process of diving for sea urchin, their diet of kelp and algae, and the best ways to prepare them. Uni is seasonally best between August and February, when sweeter and fatter urchins have a prime, creamy texture and oceanic taste.
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Fin-to-fin cooking, crustaceans, urchin- 0:00Cooking ‘fin-to-fin’ with Chef Josh Niland
- 12:04Spending a year eating an all-fish diet
- 26:20Exploring the world of sex, violence, and romance under the sea
- 35:05Diving for uni in Santa Barbara with Stephanie MutzYou’re reading this
- 42:17Glimpsing inside Gabriela Cámara’s Mexico City kitchen
- 50:56Likening Normandy and Brittany to Seattle, Renee Erickson specializes in simple seafood
The full episode
4 of 6Fin-to-fin cooking, crustaceans, urchin- 0:00Cooking ‘fin-to-fin’ with Chef Josh Niland
- 12:04Spending a year eating an all-fish diet
- 26:20Exploring the world of sex, violence, and romance under the sea
- 35:05Diving for uni in Santa Barbara with Stephanie MutzYou’re reading this
- 42:17Glimpsing inside Gabriela Cámara’s Mexico City kitchen
- 50:56Likening Normandy and Brittany to Seattle, Renee Erickson specializes in simple seafood