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Forbidden Oysters

October 18th, 2012

Forbidden Oysters are making quite a splash in the Maryland/Virginia region, and rightfully so. They are so delicious that (this may get me in trouble) they don’t taste like Chesapeake oysters at all. They are saltier than other Chesapeake oysters I’ve had, while still not being as punishingly, bitter salty as Chincoteagues and others that […]

BBQ Oyster Grill

October 18th, 2012

As the grilling season flickers toward a close here in northern New England, I wanted to mention a nifty tool that came in handy on multiple occasions over the summer. A few different people have displayed their ingenuity in concocting some unique way to grill oysters (and resolve the age-old problem of keeping them upright […]

Washington Oysters Back on Line

October 15th, 2012

You may have noticed that oysters coming from the west coast took a precipitous dive in quality this summer. I did. I was in Seattle in late September and was served some of the worst oysters to ever come across a raw bar at Elliott’s Oyster House, a joint usually dependable for bivalve excellence. There […]

The Perfect Gift for That Special Shucker

October 14th, 2012

I recently had the opportunity to test-drive the new, flagship oyster knives from R. Murphy Knives, which has been making knives in Ayer, Massachusetts (not far from Concord) since Henry David Thoreau was wandering the region’s woods. In an age of outsourcing and overseas manufacturing, R. Murphy knives are still made in Massachusetts, and still […]

Broadwater Oysters (Virginia)

October 14th, 2012

Here’s a very promising new oyster out of Virginia. Broadwater Oysters are raised in Occohannock Creek, a Chesapeake tidal creek on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. That’s a place that raises many happy oysters, but the two guys growing Broadwater oysters then take another key step: They relay the oysters to the Atlantic side of the Eastern […]

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