Scalloped edge All the top chefs have their own spin on scallops.

From: The Independent - London | Date: February 28, 1998| Author: Annie Bell | Copyright information

Give me my scallop-shell of quiet,

My staff of faith to walk upon,

My script of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage, And thus I'll take my pilgrimage. Sir Walter Ralegh And off the pilgrims set, from France to the tomb of St James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain, singing and praying, staves in hand, with scallop shells adorning their mantles - hence coquilles St Jacques. The image coquilles St Jacques brings to my mind, however, is n...

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