I could eat my weight in mussels. You covered so much in this thread. You are a renaissance woman. Those fish are beautiful.
A Recipe for Moules Mariniere:
http://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12718/mussels-mariniere/
It’s nice if you have one of those pans with the screen to separate out debris from the dunking juice - but you don’t need it. The average kitchen strainer does the same job very well.
https://www.target.com/p/staub-cast-iron-2-qt-mussel-pot/-/A-76186870?preselect=76080864#lnk=sametab
little olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, mussels, marinara, linguini!!!