Sea urchins or urchins are small, spiny, globular animals which, with their close kin, such as sand dollars, constitute the class Echinoidea of the echinoderm phylum. There are c. 950 species of echinoids inhabiting all oceans from the intertidal to 5000 meters deep . Their shell, or "test", is round and spiny, typically from 3 to 10 cm (1.2 to 3.9 in) across. Common ...

Seppie nere alla Veneziana is a black pasta dish that is Venice, Italy's signature dish that adds some color to traditional pasta. The plate is served with angel hair pasta cooked in a double dose of cuttlefish ink.

Virgin boy eggs or tong zi dan are a traditional delicacy of Dongyang, China made by cooking eggs in urine collected from young boys. Every year in early spring time, the urine of prepubertal school boys preferably under 10 years is collected and boiled with eggs and sold for 1.50 yuan, around twice the price of a regular boiled egg. Dongyang residents believe "the eg...