March 4th, 2011
The great Texas-based food writer and oyster junkie Robb Walsh has a great new piece on his blog about the first tasting of Texas oysters from individual bays in a very, very long time. This is a most heartening trend, and I can’t wait to get down there myself to taste the differences between a […]
March 4th, 2011
Generally, oysters from Texas to Alabama are sold simply as Gulf oysters, as if the ninth-largest body of water on Earth had no diversity worth mentioning, no bays with individual character. While researching my forthcoming book Shadows on the Gulf: A Journey through Our Last Great Wetland, I got the chance to sit down with […]
March 4th, 2011
Nothing New Under the Sun Dept.: The guys at I Love Blue Sea found this oyster wisdom in an 1897 issue of Good Housekeeping: “It is quite English to serve raw oysters on the flat half-shell, but it is quite American to serve them on the deep shell. The American way is the best. Condiments? […]
February 5th, 2011
The gang at Boston’s B&G Oysters is graciously turning the bar over to me on Tuesday from 5:30 to 7:30. I’ll be picking a few of my favorite oysters to be on the menu, signing copies of my books, offering some wine and beer suggestions, and generally doing as much shucking as humanly possible. Come hang out! […]
January 20th, 2011
Here’s your chance to eat some oysters with me, meet some fascinating winemakers from New Zealand, Italy, and Bordeaux, and devour some crazy good food & wine for a steal (because the winemakers are throwing in the wines). There are also press tastings each afternoon, so press/trade can contact me about that. Here are the dinners: Chicago […]
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