Live cockles in their shells are available from some fishmongers – these undergo rigorous cleaning processes that significantly reduce the risk of transmitting a food-borne illness. Frozen raw ...

But to the familiar folklore of Molly Malone represented in her statue on Suffolk Street in central Dublin — a pretty young face, a hawker’s cart of cockles and mussels, a low-cut frilly dress ...

Cockles are sometimes called blood clams because the liquid that the raw (or lightly blanched) bivalves release when opened is dark red. They look similar to clams, except that cockle shells have ...