December 28th, 2008
Some good news to kick-start 2009. Mystic oysters, raised with great care and awareness by Steve Plant just off the Connecticut coast in Fishers Island Sound, are now available direct. I sampled three dozen this week, and every single one was astonishingly firm, deep-cupped, and full-bodied. It’s rare that you don’t find at least one […]
December 18th, 2008
Do you grow a brilliant oyster that I’ve thus far overlooked? Or an oyster that I’ve covered before, but is now reaching its midwinter peak of savory perfection and is ripe for new attention? Or maybe you make a white wine so crisp and minerally that it pairs with oysters for that oft-sought, rarely-achieved “Bliss […]
October 27th, 2008
For anyone who has never been to Shaw’s Crab House’s annual Royster with the Oyster celebration, you are hereby served notice that you must put it on next year’s calendar. Where else can you enjoy not just an evening but a full week’s worth of oyster-themed mayhem, including nightly slurping contests (and those Chicago boys […]
October 14th, 2008
From out of nowhere, a new oyster festival leaps into the elite ranks of oyster events. The Maine Oyster Festival, which went down on October 12 at the handsome Union Bluff Meeting House, just feet from the sea in York Beach, was everything an oyster fest should be. What this means is that the raw […]
October 9th, 2008
I recently attended the Shellfish Shindig at the Sam Adams Brewery in Boston. It was a great event, and some of my favorite oysters were on hand, including Island Creeks, Dennis, and Cuttyhunks. But there was a new oyster in town, and it was so plump and ivory-colored that it really stood out. A taste […]
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