The extra time we took gazing over the dozen oysters before us at Le Chat Noir was not due simply to the glittering beauty of each against the variegated edges of shell. Each one was a different ...

The name of an oyster sometimes is a nod to their home waters (such as Wellfleet oysters from Wellfleet, Mass.) and sometimes is just a marketing whim, like Naked Cowboys named after the New York’s ...

There’s something new at more New Orleans oyster bars these days, and it’s not just a different twist on cocktail sauce or some fresh jokes from the shucker. Instead, it’s a different type of Gulf ...

Oysters aren’t for everyone. In fact, Jonathan Swift of "Gulliver’s Travels" fame wrote about these love ‘em or leave ‘em mollusks: “He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” It’s likely that bold ...

On a menu designed by chef Shigefumi Tachibe, Chaya will employ Kumamoto, Hama Hama, and Fanny Bay oysters for dishes like baked oysters rockefeller, Angus beef tartare with fried oyster, a wagyu ...

"I like my oysters naked," Chris Quartuccio, CEO of Blue Island Oyster Company, says with gusto. "Bland oysters need something to jazz it up, but oysters that are fat and plump with a crunchy ...

Oysters make people happy. It goes beyond satisfying an appetite or even a craving. It’s something as visceral as the raw oyster itself, bursting with the essence of the tides. For aficionados and ...