When eating out, I slurp oysters raw, as shooters or on the half-shell with mignonette sauce. I love them dusted with cornmeal or panko breadcrumbs, and fried. At home, though, I prefer to whip up a ...

Few dishes match a season better than stew matches winter. Stew is an ideal meal for cold days. Though traditionally served on New Year’s Eve, this recipe for “Oyster Stew” from “The Culinary ...

Chilly nights beg for oyster stew, served with buttered toast points or oyster crackers, and perhaps a green salad. I like the added crunch and flavor of the shallot and celery, and the boost the ...

We have had our fair share of cold weather and an ample amount of mood-dampening, gloomy, rainy days and nights. But I urge you all not to let the weather get you down. As I was enjoying working at ...

Crabs are so plentiful along the Louisiana coast that you are certain to find this ingredient in everything from simple hors d’oeuvres to grand casseroles. Oyster fans, rejoice! The world is your ...

HYDE PARK, N.Y. — Oysters have the reputation of being the ultimate passion-inducing food. However the oyster is served, savored raw on the half shell or hidden beneath a stuffing of spinach, butter, ...

It's cold outside. The days are short, the nights are long, and just about everyone has come down with some sort of something. There is simply no better time to make a big batch of nourishing, hearty, ...

This is a simple but rich Southern-style dish; swapping out the cream for something less indulgent is not recommended. Oyster liquor is the briny, grayish liquid from inside the shell. Some shucked ...

I admit it. There was a time when I was sick of oyster stew. I couldn’t even hear the name of the bivalve without having to leave the room. But this was after a month of experimenting, in a small ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Most early oyster recipes in New Orleans, including stewed oysters, deviled oysters and oyster patties, called for cream thickened with flour rather than dark-brown roux. At ...