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Ingredients

• 1/4 cup whole star anise
• 1 small yellow onion, diced
• 1 large garlic head, cloves separated and peeled
• 1/2 small red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup Bloody Mary mix
• 1 (29-ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (29-ounce) can tomato sauce
• 3 tablespoons dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 tablespoon dried thyme
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 4 whole garlic heads (about 11 ounces)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup/8 ounces salted butter, softened
• 1 baguette or ciabatta loaf, split horizontally
• Kosher salt
• freshly ground pepper
• Dried oregano, for sprinkling
• 3/4 cup finely grated Parmesan
• 2 cups clam juice
• 6 fresh thyme sprigs
• 1 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds Dungeness crab clusters (5 legs and 2 claws with bodies attached)
• 12 littleneck clams (about 1 pound), cleaned
• 12 mussels (about 1/2 pound), cleaned
• 2 cod fillets (about 4 ounces each)
• 4 large peeled, tail-on shrimp (about 1/3 pound)
• Finely chopped flat-leaf parsley, for garnish