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Whitstable, Kent
A short train ride from London, a harbor town built on oysters: a 1793 fishermen's company, a protected name and five-year native oysters from the Kentish flats.
Virginia's Oyster Trail
Virginia maps its oysters into eight regions, from Atlantic-salty to river-sweet. A route for tasting the difference salinity makes in a single state.
Damariscotta River, Maine
A cold tidal river lined with oyster farms and raw bars, where ancient Wabanaki shell heaps show people have eaten oysters here for two thousand years.
Tomales Bay, California
An oyster bar and a take-away farm stand on a narrow bay in Marin County, where California's oldest oyster farm sits a few minutes from one of its most famous.
A Year of Oyster Festivals
Where to be, and when, for the major oyster festivals and seasons, from New Zealand's winter to Ireland's autumn and Japan's oyster huts.
Marennes-Oléron
The marshes, huts and finishing ponds behind half of France's oysters, and the best way to taste a Fine de Claire where it was made.
Hiroshima in Winter
Japan's oyster capital grills its oysters by the kilo in seasonal huts by the sea. When to go, how the huts work, and why most oysters here are cooked.
Galway in September
The world's oyster-opening championship, an Oyster Trail through the city, and the native flat oysters of Galway Bay at the start of their season.
Bluff, New Zealand
A wild flat oyster from the cold strait between the South Island and Stewart Island, a short legal season, and an unpretentious festival every May.
Arcachon Bay
The bay west of Bordeaux where growers learned to catch wild spat on tiles: colored huts, seven ports in Gujan-Mestras and tastings on Cap Ferret.