Oysters: A Celebration in the Raw

Heard an interview (on Boston's public radio station) with the author; Immediately ordered the book while sipping on my ice coffee in a Dunkin Donuts parking lot!The book is intelligent, understandable and beautifully designed. In fact, I decided to make it a Christmas gift to myself!If you love and appreciate oysters, this is your book!

Great coffee table book but also super informative ! Everything you wanna know about oysters !

I saw this book a friend ordered and wanted my own copy. The book is lovely-

What a beautiful book. The photos are amazing. And the descriptions of the oyster industry, and the reasons why they have different textures and flavors will be interesting to the oyster lovers. I am giving as a gift with an oyster knife and glove.

it was a gift.

I was looking for something that was not a cookbook as much as a guide to oysters. And this is about as complete as you will get in a book. They could have added a how to video on shucking is the only thing that was missing.OK, the shucking instructions are a bit sparse, but you probably know what needs to be known if you are buying this book. You either shuck your own, or you enjoy watching someone do it for you.There are pictures of the oysters, how oysters are gown, and oyster lore, and pretty much everything else I would want at a really great price.This is they book to get if you would tie your spouse to the bed to trick them into giving up the last oyster, which the theme of a French Oyster advert.Enjoy this with a dozen of the best and some nice white wine.

A gorgeous way of thinking about oysters when you are sitting at home eating everything else but oysters. I never knew there was such diversity among these creatures. A great holiday gift for anyone who loves shellfish of any kind!

I'll have to update this after my spouse opens it for his birthday.The book is nice size and looks to be a pretty decent book. It comes wrapped in a thin clear plastic so I wasn't able to look through the book but after the 31st I'll be able to update review.