Pages tagged Cold Water
Taste & Science
Oyster Seasons Explained
Oysters store sugar in the cold and spend it spawning when the water warms. Why they have seasons, and when to eat them in France, Japan, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
Taste & Science
Why Winter Is the Right Season
The R-month rule is roughly right and explains nothing. Glycogen and spawning temperature explain it, and they tell you which oysters to order as well as when.
Varieties
Damariscotta River
A cold tidal river in midcoast Maine where eight farms, from a 1985 hatchery to diver-harvested bottom oysters, share the water with 2,000-year-old shell heaps.