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  • Iceland’s Langoustine Stocks In Serious Decline

    Iceland’s Langoustine Stocks In Serious Decline

    Iceland’s langoustine stocks have decreased by 80% between this year and last, according to new data from the Marine And Freshwater Institute (Hafró), RÚV reports. In response, Hafró is recommending reducing or banning entirely the harvesting of langoustine in select areas around…

  • Langoustine Heist Strikes Reykjavík

    Langoustine Heist Strikes Reykjavík

    Hundreds of kilos of langoustine were boosted from Humarsalan last weekend, and the owner is warning the public not to buy black market langoustine. Guðjón Sigurðsson of Humarsalan told Vísir that the thieves were both selective and well-organised. Security camera footage shows…

  • Let Them Eat Lobster & Stuff

    Let Them Eat Lobster & Stuff

    It’s technically langoustine, not lobster, but Langoustine & Stuff doesn’t sound right. It misses the fricative soft rhyme of “ster” and “stuff.” That’s the type of linguistic gymnastics marketing wordsmiths simply die for–and, if their product is a living creature, it’s what…

  • Kitchen & Wine For A Good Ol’ Time

    Kitchen & Wine For A Good Ol’ Time

    Hrefna: I feel like Kitchen & Wine is the kind of place where I’ll be lunching on the regular once I’ve made it in the biz. The journalism biz. Walking in, I was glad I’d dressed up because the place is really…