At a picnic table by Portland’s East End Beach, Andy Rogers opened up his cooler bag and produced four knives, a lemon, and a stash of Salt Wind and Flying Point oysters. He laid them on a bed of ice ...

There’s more than one way to shuck an oyster, to paraphrase an old adage, but when learning to shuck oysters, it is probably best to keep it simple and safe. There are a number of styles or approaches ...

Found Oyster and Queen's Raw Bar & Grill chef Ari Kolender prepares shucked oysters with mignonette in the L.A. Times Test Kitchen. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) Ari Kolender knows oysters.

Shucking an oyster can seem intimidating, but it's simple and safe once you get the hang of it. We enlisted the expertise of US national oyster shucking champion Isabella Macbeth to walk you through ...

<P> St. Mary's County was once home to dozens of oyster shucking houses that employed hundreds of people.<P> Only a small handful remain today, but archived interviews of some who worked there ...