Let's do it like the Parisians
2020 here we come The French know how to live: No one who's been to Paris could disagree. They live life, and they enjoy it. Food isn't perfunctory, it's savored with...
2020 here we come The French know how to live: No one who's been to Paris could disagree. They live life, and they enjoy it. Food isn't perfunctory, it's savored with...
This week on... Real Oyster Cult LIVE SCENE: THANKSGIVING DAYTony Bennet is crooning. "Turkey hands" hang on the fridge. THE FAMILY is gathered around the kitchen island. Awkward silence descends as REALLY GLUM...
Airbnb, anyone? But first: a little storm talk. A Nor'easter, or as we say in Boston, a "Nor'easta," is a macro-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. On the farm we don’t...
We go camping in Maine every year with some of our best friends, and since hauling our families, their belongings, and enough food for about 40 people for three...
Get out your kicks, this gent knows how to play. Meet GOWANBRAE: He's blonde (v. handsome, a bit cocky), he sports a caramel drizzled, tear-drop shaped shell. Shades of yellow and khaki in his kit, he color...
Hi, I'm Shigoku (cue the piña colada song)I like the feel of the ocean,And the taste of champagneI'm not into yo-ga, (you know I'm a bi-valve) so I don't have a brain....
It's a wild ride And all the cool cats will come out to play, and by cool cats we don't mean the feline variety (though our cat Penny Lane knows a wildly good oyster when...
September Bliss is yours YAAAS. The kids are back to school. And you are back to sanity? Maybe. Who is, really? Maybe you don't have kids? Lucky. Just kidding. Or they're all grown up. Point...
A labor of love Dear Cult,We're over the moon you've joined the cult to celebrate the badass bivalve that's delicious, nutritious, and working hard to save the oceans. It's almost...
Make Labor Day a play day Badminton is the perfect backyard sport. Get a nice rally going. Saunter over for a sip of Sancerre. Snag an oyster. Play a few points. Try another oyster. Perhaps,...
Get shucking empowered And then empower your friends. ✌️ We taught lots of fine folks at the Boston Seafood Festival last Sunday to shuck. Woot! And it was delicious to see proud smiles, laughter, and the "ah ha...
Summer is a storied time in New England: parades, cookouts, ice cream, lobster rolls, sailing, the scent of the ocean that ignites all the senses, an essence deliciously captured in...
There's something magical about Moonstones, maybe because they're grown in a salt pond, maybe because their complexity draws you in to musing on their myriad flavor notes. It's a subtle alchemy, and if you're looking for a little...
Give him something to grin about If we weren't so well acquainted with Jack Nicholson's cheshire cat-like grin, we might think he was listening to the sounds of...well...ahem...heavenly voices. But knowing his famous grin as we do,...
Part 1 - On the Souris River in PEI There is nothing like eating a super fresh oyster. But eating one straight from the water it's grown in, is magical. One can...
Dads love to shuck And this Papa Shucks duo is a perfect ten. On the grill or on the half shell, Dad will dig this Father's Day gift. East Beach Blonde from...