The extra time we took gazing over the dozen oysters before us at Le Chat Noir was not due simply to the glittering beauty of each against the variegated edges of shell. Each one was a different ...

Sitting atop the crow’s nest of a small barge, the boat captain shielded his eyes from the July sun and pitched his gaze to the commotion below. The hum of heavy equipment and the clatter of oyster ...

Seafood and coastal dining are a given in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. From blue crab, Lowcountry boils and she-crab soup, the options are almost endless. But one item on the menu serves more than ...

Oysters aren’t for everyone. In fact, Jonathan Swift of "Gulliver’s Travels" fame wrote about these love ‘em or leave ‘em mollusks: “He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” It’s likely that bold ...