Oyster Blog

photos by Paul Harper

Kimberly Schlapman loves ersters! She and her band Little Big Town (which just yesterday was nominated for a Grammy!) are touring in the PNW and today Kimberly visited our farm to film an episode for her GAC cooking show Simply...

Will we find the pot of gold in our shell pile, the beach, or the picnic area???

This spring we put on our mad scientist hats and headed into the woods. Our prey: fir needles. Our purpose: jelly. The fir-jelly project was a long time coming. We discovered that fir needles were edible a few years ago,...

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  Practically from the get-go, the year-old Walrus & Carpenter was hailed as one of Seattle's best restaurants. The New York Times has written about it twice (in the travel section and magazine). GQ and Bon Appetit both named it...

Appearing this morning, this amazing oyster was technically a day late for Valentine's....  but maybe he's channeling Cupid Valentino?

Chef Ron Stainer of the Hog Island Oyster Bar in Napa came up with this smoked oyster recipe in honor of our guest shucking appearance a few weeks back. Think of it as a smoked oyster salad over toast. The pickled...

Gray whales came to play in Hood Canal! These pictures were taken by Connie Gallant up near Taylor Shellfish's research lab in Dabob Bay. For more information check out the Orca Network. Big thanks to Bruce for the heads up....

Hello from California! We're on a long overdue trip to check out the oyster scene in San Francisco and meet up with our friends from the Hog Island Oyster Company. This morning we took a tour with farm manager Erik and...

Here's (part of) what's been going on here at Hama Hama. First, the river got invaded by a giant sea creature. We're thinking it was a sea lion. He was an incredibly uncooperative photo-documentary subject and made a complete nuisance...