December 10th, 2011
Ned was an old Native American guy who lived all alone on his eponymous island on the Connecticut side of Long Island Sound. I don’t know if he liked oysters or not, but the waters off his island were thick with ’em. This is the fabled home of Bluepoints, and that’s the flavor […]
December 5th, 2011
Carlsbad was a sleepy beach town midway between San Diego and Los Angeles before Lego decided to build a theme park there in the 1990s. The oyster, the only truly Southern California variety, has a bit of a theme park look to it: glassy shells with jagged fans of white and purple stripes reminiscent of […]
November 21st, 2011
Some of you may already know the bizarre tale of the National Park Service’s misguided efforts to shut down the Drake’s Bay Oyster Farm, or may have read my earlier post about it. Well, 2012 is almost here, and things are coming to a head. Here is an excellent summary of everything that has taken place. […]
November 14th, 2011
The pilgrims did it. MFK Fisher did it. Martha Stewart did it. And you know you’ve always wanted to do it–make an oyster stuffing for Thanksgiving. Why not let this be your year? What better way to celebrate the bounty of the woods and waters? Plus, it just makes sense from a flavor standpoint, adding […]
November 14th, 2011
Here’s a nice oyster from a nice part of the Chesapeake–the Eastern Shore of Virginia. View Larger Map A lot of Chesapeake oysters (particularly those from the northern, Maryland half) can be lacking in the salt department. Pungoteague Creeks, due to their location, relatively close to the mouth of the Bay and on the […]
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