An oyster-shell mound, known as a midden ... full of brine with a clean, smooth finish. “All the different things in the environment combine to make a radically different oyster,” Travis ...

Oyster shells can create habitat for all kinds of water-cleansing critters. Two brothers — both under 30 — have made it their ...

Although model pearls are perfectly round and smooth, in reality they come in a huge number ... one specimen stands out: a large oyster shell, donated to the Museum in 1886 and containing a peculiar ...

Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. The oyster or mussel slowly ...

Norton shared her creative approach: “I’ve done oysters with deviled egg filling inside of the shell with a char-grilled oyster – we called it Humpty on the Half-Shell. When we cooked at the ...