Oyster Blog

  • June 15, 2009: Ocean Acidification

    Check out this Seattle Times article about low ocean pH and the oyster industry in Willapa Bay. The video that accompanies the article is pretty good, especially the very last bit, where an 8 year old oysterman steals the spotlight.

  • May 24, 2009: Oyster Shell Wedding Favors

    Several years ago Cait and John stopped by our farm and collected oyster shells, saying they were going to use them in their wedding at the nearby Alderbrook Resort. At the time we didn't think anything of it, but now...

  • May 23, 2009: State of the Oyster

    The Nature Conservancy has just released the first ever report on the state of the world's oyster populations. The prognosis is bad: 85% of the global oyster habitat has been destroyed by development, pollution, and destructive fishing practices. Read the...

  • Apr 9, 2009: Oyster Beer in North Carolina

    Domestic oyster stout is alive and well at the Oyster House Brewing Company in Asheville! The brewery, located in The Lobster Trap restaurant, adds oysters to its signature Moonstone Stout. According to headbrewer Billy Klingel, Moonstone is characterized by "delightful...

  • Apr 1, 2009: Oyster Plate Gallery

    Some people get really into oyster plates. And you can love oyster plates without loving oysters. As this site put it: In the Pacific Northwest, oysters are still a popular seafood choice; however, even if you shudder to think of...

  • Mar 12, 2009: Oyster Ice Cream

    We've heard rumors and murmurings about oyster ice cream for several years. Apparently it's big in Japan, and was popular with Dolley Madison (wife of President James). But we tip our hats to Lorraine Eaton, a reporter with The Virginian-Pilot,...

  • Feb 26, 2009: Oyster Table Manners

    The other day a customer in the retail store informed us that we needed to restock our display tanks because all the oysters in it were dead. But the oysters weren't dead, they were just eating. All the oysters had...

  • Jan 27, 2009: oyster shacks around the world

    Check out these colorful oyster shacks of Ile d'Oléron, France, courtesy of Walt. Meanwhile, last summer residents of Wellfleet, MA decided to preserve Cape Cod's last historic oyster shack "as tribute to oystering." Unfortunately the news article didn't provide a...

  • Jan 2, 2009: Dudes Love Oysters

    From a Dudes on Food review of Seattle-based Elliot's Oyster House: My favorites were the Kushi (tiny and sweet), hama hama (medium sized and great flavor), totten virginica (ridiculously large, but huge flavor kicks in after a couple of seconds),...

  • Nov 10, 2008: Oysters save the world!

    Oysters are stocking up on good karma. Recently Louisiana researchers discovered that a fatty substance found in oysters may cure cancer. (Eat up, folks!) The sneaky bivalves have also been transmitting messages from on high... or at least answering the...

  • Oct 24, 2008: Celebrating the Oyster

    Attention Seattle oyster lovers! Head down to the Flying Fish restaurant tomorrow Oct. 25 for the Oyster Frenzy, and if that still isn't enough, stop by Elliot's Oyster New Year on November 1st.

  • Oct 20, 2008: Monterey Food and Wine wrap-up

    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...