EXCLUSIVE: The ultimate foodie food the sea urchin gets it close-up in The Delicacy, the feature documentary from Somm TV founder Jason Wise that also happens to be a feast for the eyes, shot mostly ...

Considered a delicacy in several parts of the world, sea urchin, or uni in Japanese, is prized for its unique flavor. But the cost of the gonads — the orange tongues found inside an urchin — is steep.

Purple urchins in saltwater tanks at the Cultured Abalone Farm, where they feed on kelp, plus dulse and ogo seaweed, in order to develop uni. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) Draped atop ...

The Channel Islands are famous for world-class diving, stunning views, and an aquatic creature that has become a foodie delight: sea urchin. “The Delicacy,” a new documentary premiering at the Santa ...

"It's the most impressive and unique flavor that the ocean gives us." SOMM TV has revealed the official trailer for a food doc called The Delicacy, which is launching on their streaming service ...

For the last several years, purple sea urchin populations have been exploding off the coast of California. NBC’s Gadi Schwartz reports for TODAY on the efforts to turn them into a delicacy to save the ...

Considered a delicacy in several parts of the world, sea urchin, or uni in Japanese, is prized for its unique flavor. But the cost of the gonads — the orange tongues found inside an urchin — is steep.

NARRAGANSETT — Hold a sea urchin in your hand and it’s impossible to figure out what part of its hard, spiny body you’re supposed to eat. Chicken of the sea, this is not. But there’s a big demand for ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — They are briny and sweet — once you get past those formidable spines. Biting into one has been likened to kissing a mermaid. Now they are ready for their close-up. Sea urchins — ...

On one of his last dive trips for sea urchins, Jeff Maassen dropped anchor off the backside of San Miguel, the most westerly and windswept of California’s Channel Islands. He squeezed his lanky 6-foot ...

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