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Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- ANATOMY OF AN OYSTER -- Perfect Asymmetry -- PART I: ANCIENT TIMES -- In the Beginning -- Phoenicians -- Greeks and Romans -- The Northern Passage -- PART II: THE OLD WORLD -- British Isles -- Holland and the Dutch Masters -- Love and Gastronomy in France -- PART III: THE NEW WORLD -- The First Americans -- Tales of the Chesapeake -- The South -- The West -- Canada: Land of the Beausoleil and the Malagash -- PART IV: AUSTRALASIA AND ASIA -- Australia and New Zealand -- East Asia -- PART V: ECOLOGY -- The Future -- ESSENTIALS -- How to Open an Oyster.;Drew Smith s "Oyster: A gastronomic history" offers readers a global view of the oyster, tracing its role in cooking, art, literature, and politics from the dawn of time to the present day. Oysters have inspired chefs, painters, and writers alike, have sustained communities financially and ecologically, and have loomed large in legend and history. Using the oyster as the central theme, Smith has organized the book around time periods and geographical locations, looking at the oyster s influence through colorful anecdotes, eye-opening scientific facts, and a wide array of visuals. The book also incl

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Author

Drew Smith

Publisher

Harry N. Abrams

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781613129524

Category

cooking

Subjects

History, Music, Cooking

Rating

4.8 / 5 (105 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14