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Lemn Sissay: My life in five dishes

The Food Chain

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Amet's Mussels

Amet family holidays to scotland were a respite. And the setting for lem's second dish, mussels. My grandfather, duncan monroe, had a cottage in a place called lochinvar. i can remember it smelt of sea salt, and the sea was such a powerful presence. We would go down to the rocks of the local locks and we would gather mussels. Since then, ihave had a love of mussels these days.

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