February 8th, 2014
Can you believe Burlington’s Bluebird Tavern is celebrating FIVE YEARS of Aww Shucks oyster fests? Congrats, Sue! You know how to do it right. Join me there on Sunday, Feb 16 at 6 p.m. to do it right once again. Amazing oyster list this year: Island Creek, MA Gigamoto, BC Summerside, PEI Kumamoto, CA Gold […]
January 2nd, 2014
So this is what an east coast oyster is supposed to look like but so rarely does: Strong, thick, greenish-white shell, prominent “coon’s feet” ridges on the underside, and a scalloped, nearly round, Belon-like shape. You can only get those specs when your oysters grow in a nice, flat delta sandbar, where the current really […]
December 31st, 2013
Crab Slough is a legendary area for harvesting wild oysters near the south end of Roanoke Island, in North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound: View Larger Map It’s near Oregon Inlet, the main break where Atlantic water funnels through the Outer Banks, and the lively currents produced by that geography makes for a level of wild oyster […]
December 12th, 2013
Here’s an intriguing concept. Pay $275 to the Oyster Company of Virginia now, get 24 Chesapeake Bay oysters every year…forever. (Forever being as long as the company lasts, that is.) Help the Chesapeake Watermen in the process. I don’t know anything more than that, but there’s lots of info on the website.
December 12th, 2013
Wow, here’s a nice deal. Two dozen Island Creek Selects, those briny East Coast classics, plus two dozen Hog Island Sweetwaters, the sweetest Pacifics on the West Coast, at your doorstep. Like, tomorrow. All for $89 (that’s basically free overnight shipping). Great to see this coastal titans of the oyster going all bicoastal on us. […]
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