March 2nd, 2009
There was this old Native American guy named Ned, and he lived all alone on a tiny island in Long Island Sound because he liked it that way. Ned is long gone, but the island is forever named for him. I don’t know if he liked oysters or not, but the waters off his island were […]
February 1st, 2009
Word on Bivalve Street is that a nifty new oyster bar has opened in Portland, Oregon. EaT is styled on the New Orleans model, with creole cuisine and a stand-up-only, white-tiled oyster bar. Unlike said bayou models, EaT features many varieties of oysters each day, with Hama Hamas, Nootkas, Olympias, and Oregon’s own Yaquina Bays […]
January 16th, 2009
Here’s the snazziest event I’ve seen in quite a while. The Tour de Champagne, which visits seven cities each year, is an evening when you get to take your Champagne knowledge to a new level–accompanied by top-notch food, all created to complement the Champagne. Your ticket entitles you to sample the wares of twenty different […]
January 13th, 2009
The best-kept secret in oysters right now has got to be Salt Pond Selects, raised by Dave Roebuck in Point Judith Pond, Rhode Island. I tried them for the first time last June and was blown away. Here’s what I wrote: “Another heavyweight from Point Judith Pond, Rhode Island (home of Moonstones), Salt Ponds […]
January 13th, 2009
Ostreaphile Jimmy Bateman writes that, “A native of North Carolina, I feel we have some of the best oysters to offer. My favorite is the Stump Sound Single, from Sneeds Ferry, NC. The local clusters are damn good too!” Any other Stump Sound Single fans out there? I don’t know the oyster, but I look forward to […]
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