For a long time people did not know where eels came from, because baby eels look very different from adults.

I swallowed hard and asked how much the baby eels with oil and garlic had set me back.

Now, fishermen here can get thousands of dollars for a bucket of inchlong baby eels.

Having another tongue there felt alien at first, like trying to swallow some small slippery animal, a baby eel or perhaps an energetic oyster.

Don't miss the restaurant's occasional special of marinated baby eels.

They were on their second bottle when the baby eels arrived: tiny white things in a clear broth.

He grimaced at the thought of taxes, scowling at the baby eel on his fork.

In Japan they pay about $550 a pound for baby eels.

Do you think the same is true for baby eels, Teddy?

In 1997 on the Jersey Shore, the late-winter fishing season for baby eels was like a gold rush.