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A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America

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A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in North America

by Rowan Jacobsen

About this title: Passionate and playful, this comprehensive guide to identifying, serving, and savoring one of Americas original and most delicious foods includes delicious recipes and describes each oysters appearance, flavor, origin, and availability.

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Description: New. Considered one of the great sensual foods since the time of ancient Rome, eaten in the United States since its earliest human habitation, oysters are now seeing an American renaissance. Like wine and cheese, they owe much of their flavor to terroir, or the specific environment in which they grow—indeed, oysters are the food that tastes most like the sea. Today, there are at least two hundred unique oyster “appellations” in North America, each producing oysters with a distinct and ... read more

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