April 22nd, 2016
Love Hemingway? Hate Hemingway? Both? This one’s for you… We were shucking oysters at the picnic tables at Hog Island Oyster Farm on Tomales Bay. The sun was low across the water, and a web of light danced on our glasses. “Is it like this in New York?” she asked. “No,” I said. “You […]
April 17th, 2016
Taylor Shellfish is now offering its wildly popular Shigoku oysters in three sizes: Shigokus, the little tumbled 2” cocktail oysters we know and love; Fat Bastards, the same oyster grown to a robust 3”, and Grand Crus, 4” powerhouses. I bet bet you can tell which is which in this photo. As supplies fill in, […]
February 17th, 2016
Not long ago, I was giving a talk in Raleigh on North Carolina’s potential to become the Napa Valley of oysters. If you glance at a map of the state’s fractal coastline, you’ll see my point: North Carolina has an abundance of the temperate, well-sheltered, mid-salinity estuaries where oysters thrive. It’s always had decent wild populations, but to truly […]
November 17th, 2015
At the North American Oyster Showcase last week, a truly impressive panel of hardcore oysterheads convened for what is to date the most thorough and inclusive blind tasting of oysters ever. There were chefs and other experts from the West Coast, Gulf Coast, and East Coast. The results, as you can see on the […]
November 10th, 2015
I’ll be hosting “Rowan’s Choice” nights at the spectacular Blue Plate Oysterettes in Los Angeles (Nov 17) and Santa Monica (Nov 18). They’ll be offering my hand-picked “Oyster Flight” of six of the world’s great oysters (plus a bonus Olympia) for the insanely good price of $15. All the oysters are being airlifted in for […]
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