July 8th, 2013
On Wednesday I’ll be at Mine Oyster, one of my all-time favorite oyster eateries, for its second annual oyster extravaganza. This one will celebrate the briny bivalve of Maine in all its glories, or six courses of them, anyway. We’ll try Nonesuches and Taunton Bays and Winter Points and, of course, Pemaquids and Glidden Points, […]
June 26th, 2013
Come on up to Matanzas Creek Winery in Santa Rosa, California, on Saturday for their Days of Wine and Lavender festival and taste through their extraordinary Oyster Wine Collection with me–with a quartet of the world’s finest oysters, of course. You can also enjoy the other great MC wines, music, and all the lavender your […]
June 26th, 2013
Look for me in front of Waterbar on the Embarcadero (San Francisco, that is) during Thursday’s Happy Hour, 5-6 p.m. I’ll be shucking some of the finest oysters on the planet and handing them out. Gratis. Anything to be popular.
June 5th, 2013
A very good New York Times article with sad news in Apalachicola. Atlanta’s thirst is killing one of the world’s great oysters, as well as a national treasure. (And let’s not forget tupelo honey, which will dry up along with the tupelo trees that line the Apalachicola River basin. If they don’t get inundated, they […]
May 25th, 2013
Last weekend I caught the superb inaugural Oyster Riot at Saltwater Oyster Depot in Inverness, California (on Tomales Bay) and had the pleasure of introducing myself to a new oyster as well. The Saltwater team was shucking Tomasini Shoals, which are raised by Chris Starbird, the guy with the solar-powered flupsy near the Marshall Store. […]
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