Oysters are older than us, older than grass. They have been present at every turn of human history back to the Neolithic. They have inspired writers, painters a

Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York

This uplifting book of animal idioms illustrated in gorgeous, vibrant watercolors is now available in this new special edition, reminding readers to grab the ti

M. F. K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our “poet of the appetites,” here pays tribute to that most enigmatic of ocean creatures, the oyster. As she te