National Oyster Day is Saturday, Aug. 5, and whether you like a classic West Coast Kumamoto from the Puget Sound, a briny Blue Point out of the Atlantic or a buttery bivalve mollusk from Central Baja, ...
A pearl does not begin as something precious. It begins as a problem. Inside an oyster, a tiny particle slips in and settles where it does not belong. It might be a parasite, a rough fragment, or ...