The biggest holiday party flex? A raw bar. When I think about the moment I fell in love with food, I think about oysters. I was maybe 12, and slurping down a raw oyster felt like an alarming dare.

I was maybe 12, and slurping down a raw oyster felt like an alarming dare. I picked up the rough, jagged shell and ... "Though there's no wrong way to eat one, there are a few things to keep ...

Photo by Chris Simpson / Food Styling by Julian Hensarling / Prop Styling by Thom Driver When I think about the moment I fell in love with food, I think about oysters. I was maybe 12, and slurping ...

“You’ll be looking at this on the screen, then you’ll look up and there is no land there. It’s just open water ... Richie Blink holds one of the recycled oyster shells from the reef at Lemon Tree ...

When ordering, it’s best to ask restaurant servers about the oysters on the menu and where they come from. No two oysters are the same, even if they are from a similar area. “There are five species of ...

Soon I was sampling broiled oysters with miso butter, etouffee ramen, boudin dumplings, caramelized tofu and a bowl of cracklin’ that could’ve come from a Cajun butcher shop, only with ...