November 2nd, 2015
Just in time for Virginia Oyster Month, my friend Jenny Hwa has crafted a gorgeous two-minute video featuring Ryan Croxton of Rappahannock River Oyster fame. Savor it with a plate of your favorite Virginia bivalves.
August 25th, 2015
Over the past year, I’ve been visiting oyster farms and oyster bars across North America for Oysterguide’s sister site, Oysterater, as well as a new book called The Essential Oyster. Where there used to be a few dozen places in the country from which you could get great oysters, and a few dozen in which you […]
August 16th, 2015
Morgan Scully is the daughter of Barb Scully of Glidden Point oyster fame. She’s done every aspect of oyster farming, and she’s now a student at Kenyon College studying art and psychology. She’s been interning at Villard Studios in Boothbay Harbor, studying woodblock printing, and she just produced this stunning hand-watercolored block print of one […]
August 15th, 2015
There were unlimited Glidden Points, and the biggest oyster-themed ice sculpture the world has ever seen, and sushi everywhere, and real Champagne of course, and Sam Calagione on the dance floor (Hey, Sam, let’s make it a multicourse oyster-Dogfish Head pairing next year?), and then Ralph (the Mine Oyster guy) and Smokey (the Pemaquid guy) […]
August 10th, 2015
Here’s a fun new plaything for the oyster lover who has everything: 33 Oysters on the Half Shell, a pocket-sized tasting journal from Julie Qiu, the powerhouse behind the amazingly thorough and well-designed In a Half Shell site. It’s part of the 33 Books series. Every page includes spaces to record each oysters region, species, […]
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