Journal

71 articles on the science, culture, environment and travel of oysters.

Taste & Science

  1. Cooking OystersWhat Heat Does to the Meat
  2. Tumbling and GearHow Farms Shape an Oyster
  3. Pressure, Freezing, HeatOysters Made Safer
  4. Oyster NutritionZinc, B12 and the Species Gap
  5. Why Some Oysters Taste Metallic, and When It Matters
  6. What Actually Makes an Oyster Creamy
  7. Oyster Seasons ExplainedWhen Each Oyster Peaks
  8. Gillardeau vs KumamotoCream Against Sweet
  9. Why 'Fresh' Is the Wrong Way to Judge Oysters
  10. East Coast vs West Coast OystersIt's About Water Energy
  11. Terroir in the ShellReading an Oyster Like a Wine
  12. The Vocabulary of BrineHow to Order What You Actually Want
  13. Why Winter Is the Right SeasonThe Science of Cold-Water Oysters
  14. The Sterile Oyster in the RoomWhat Triploids Mean
  15. The Journey Changes the OysterWhat Transit Does to Flavor
  16. Reading the Number on the WaterWhat Salinity Predicts
  17. A More Acidic Ocean, a Different Oyster
  18. Same Bed, Different OysterThe Genetics of Variation
  19. The Sugar Behind the CreaminessHow Glycogen Works
  20. Not Copper BloodWhy Flat Oysters Taste Metallic
  21. Inside the ClaireThe Biochemistry of French Oyster Finishing
  22. Why Champagne and Oysters WorkThe Umami Chemistry
  23. What the Oyster AteThe Algae Behind Every Flavor Note
  24. Oyster Size Numbers ExplainedWhy Bigger Isn't Better

Culture

  1. Oyster Names That Outlived Their Farms
  2. The Shucking HousesThree American Oyster Towns
  3. Oysters and PerfumeTwo Versions of the Sea
  4. PDO, PGI, Label RougeWhat Oyster Labels Guarantee
  5. Shell MiddensWhat Ancient Oyster Heaps Reveal
  6. How Japanese Oysters Saved French Oyster Farming
  7. Rockefeller, Kilpatrick, CasinoThe Real Origins
  8. The Chesapeake Oyster WarsGuns, Sail and Law
  9. Oyster RitualsHow to Host a Raw Bar at Home
  10. Oysters in LiteratureFrom Shakespeare to M.F.K. Fisher
  11. Oysters in 17th-Century ArtWhat the Painters Meant
  12. How to Order Oysters Without Looking Like a Tourist
  13. Hemingway's PortugaisesThe Oyster Paris Lost
  14. The Ritual of ServiceWhat a Perfect Dozen Requires
  15. The Architecture of the Raw BarIce, Height and Sequence
  16. The After-Show TableOysters and the Grammar of Fashion
  17. The Vernissage and the ShellOysters in the Art World
  18. Ocean LuxuryWhy the Right Oyster Beats the Priciest
  19. The City That Ran on OystersNew York's Lost Beds
  20. Casanova's FiftyThe Mythology of Oysters and Desire

Environment

  1. Australia's Lost Oyster Reefs, and Three Rebuilds
  2. Rebuilt Oyster ReefsFour US Projects, Measured
  3. Vibrio Moves NorthWarming Seas and Raw Oysters
  4. Oyster Reefs as Sea WallsWhat the Evidence Shows
  5. New York's Billion Oyster ProjectA Progress Report
  6. Shell Back to the WaterDoes Oyster Shell Recycling Work?
  7. Rain, Sewage and ClosuresWho Decides When Oysters Open
  8. The Oyster That EscapedPacifics Gone Wild in the North
  9. Bringing Back Ostrea edulisEurope's Flat Oyster Revival
  10. Microplastics on the Half ShellWhat the Measurements Show
  11. Cooked on the BeachThe 2021 Heat Dome and Oysters
  12. The Diseases That Redrew the Oyster Map
  13. Clean Energy, Contaminated Oysters? The Wind Farm Question
  14. Scotland's Seabed MachineThe Oyster Wave Converter
  15. From Plate to PillarOyster Shells in Construction
  16. The Hydrogen Project That Named Itself After an Oyster
  17. How Oysters Clean the CoastFilters, Nitrogen and Reefs

Travel

  1. WhitstableKent's Oyster Town and Its Natives
  2. Virginia's Oyster TrailEight Regions, One Bay
  3. The Damariscotta RiverMaine's Oyster Country
  4. Tomales BayOysters on California's Shoreline Highway
  5. A Year of Oyster FestivalsThe Traveler's Calendar
  6. Marennes-OléronA Guide to France's Oyster Basin
  7. Hiroshima in WinterOyster Huts, Rafts and Kaki
  8. Galway in SeptemberA Guide to the Oyster Festival
  9. BluffNew Zealand's Wild Flat Oyster Season
  10. Arcachon BayOyster Ports, Huts and Cap Ferret