October 18th, 2011
Cape Cod Bay is that magical disk of sea framed by the terrain of Cape Cod, that flexed arm shaking its fist at the Atlantic. Over the past few years, it has emerged as one of the greatest oyster terroirs in the world. We always knew about Wellfleets, the quintessential New England oyster, nurtured in […]
August 22nd, 2011
The 9th annual Oyster Frenzy is September 24 at Grand Central Oyster Bar, and this year the shucking prizes are pretty substantial: $3,000 for first place, $1,000 for second, and $500 for third. Sign up here. And KEEP ON SHUCKING, as John Bil would say.
August 18th, 2011
Oyster boards are a tradition from the Canadian Maritimes, where they take their oysters very seriously, that somehow never made inroads in America. Patrick McMurray, the Canadian shucking champion, is famous for using one. Recently, I got to test-drive a stunning oysterboard called The Halfsheller,which is carved from a single piece of maple and designed […]
July 30th, 2011
For just one day? Here’s your chance.
July 23rd, 2011
The town of Cordova, Alaska, 3,000 hearty souls clinging to a slope on the edge of Prince William Sound, is famous for Copper River Salmon, possibly the world’s best, but just offshore lurks a lesser known but equally remarkable seafood: Windy Bay oysters. Windy Bay is a little fissure in Hawkins Island, which is just […]
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