Lynnhaven Oysters Make a Comeback

Once a delicacy requested by presidents and kings, the Lynnhaven Oyster is making a comeback in its native river. Watch the video.

The Taste of an Oyster

An amazing amount of ink has been spilled over the years in an effort to nail the taste of oysters. The essayist Michel de Montaigne compared them to violets. Eleanor Clark mentioned their “shock of freshness.” M. F. K. Fisher was one of many to point out that they are “more like the smell of rock pools at low tide than any other food in the world.” More....

Irradiation may make slurping safer

Timid raw bar recruits may soon run out of excuses to hoist a halfshell. Live oysters, it appears, may not be much of a health risk after all, if a newly approved yet controversial shellfish processing technique in the United States catches on.

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Study finds oysters appear to fight breast cancer

A compound found in oysters could help prevent and treat cancer, particularly breast cancer, a professor from Louisiana State University said Tuesday.

Jack Losso, Ph.D. and an associate professor in the food science department, has been doing research in this area since 2001 and has found that ceramide, a lipid found in oysters, prevents blood from getting to tumors in the body. Without nutrients from blood, cancer cells can’t multiply.
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The health benefits of eating oysters

Oysters are an appetizing food with load of health benefits. Oysters provide an abundance of vitamins and minerals, packed into a high-protein, low-fat, and low-cholesterol package. Oysters are a favorite among exotic foods and research now shows this shellfish to be a rich source of zinc, one of the minerals required for the production of testosterone. Read all about it here.

How to shuck an oyster

Before you can eat 'em, you have to open 'em. Legal Seafoods Executive Chef Rich Vellante shows you how. here.