Oyster Blog — Events

Yesterday about 40 students from the Culinary Institute of America stopped by the farm to learn about sustainable seafood. They were at the tail end of a month long tour around Washington and Oregon, where they toured various produce farms, wineries, and restaurants to learn about Pacific Northwest Cuisine. The students spent the morning learning about Long Live the Kings' wild salmon recovery program on the Hama Hama, then, before touring the oyster farm, they were treated to a delicious lunch prepared  and served on the beach by Chef Christine Keff, winner of the James Beard award and owner of...

Saturday was cloudy and rainy... a good day for vampires but not for the rest of us. And only a few hardy souls braved the drizzle to attend the first ever Open Farm Day. Being optimists, we consider it a smashing success. And it was really fun, with the rain and mist giving the day a genuine Northwest feeling. Allison and David searching for the perfect dozen. Kate and Rick picked mussels and oysters for a big family dinner. The NEXT open farm day is Saturday, April 25th from 10:30 am to 1 pm. This time we're going to set...

Last Friday the Hama Hama mobile shucking crew made a guest appearance at the French-American Chamber of Commerce's 15th annual Seattle Beaujolias Nouveau festival, held at the Lake Union Armory. We shucked 80 dozen oysters in a little under 3 hours, occasionally breaking free from the oyster booth to wander around and graze on all the other delicious food, including chocolate from the new Seattle chocolate store, Chocopolis, and bread from Boulangerie Nantaise. The sign. The scene. Sibling concentration. Interesting article about this year's beaujolais crop, here.

Last week we traveled to Monterey, California to serve oysters at the Monterey Food and Wine Festival. It was a smashing success. So successful, in fact, that we didn't really have time to take photos because we were too busy shucking oysters... it was an "all hands on deck" situation.   The event was held in the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We recommend that everyone make a pilgrimage to the Aquarium sometime soon. We particularly liked the Outer Bay exhibit-- and feel like our lives are richer now that we've discovered sunfish. As for the wines at the festival, we fell...

If you find yourself near Monterey, California tomorrow evening stop by the Aquarium for the 32nd annual Monterey Food and Wine Festival. We'll be there serving freshly shucked extra small Hama Hama oysters. We're pulling them out of the salt water tomorrow morning and flying them down specifically for the event... they'll be ridiculously fresh and good.