Found Oyster and Queen's Raw Bar & Grill chef Ari Kolender prepares shucked oysters with mignonette in the L.A. Times Test Kitchen. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) Ari Kolender knows oysters.

PREPARE OYSTERS. ON THIS WEEK’S FARM TO FORK FRIDAY, WE’RE AT A BRAND NEW RESTAURANT IN MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO CALLED OMAKASE PORFAVOR. YES, IT’S A FUSION OF JAPANESE AND MEXICAN FOOD, AND WE’VE GOT THE ...

Ari Kolender knows oysters. His two seafood restaurants — Found Oyster in East Hollywood and Queen’s Raw Bar & Grill in Eagle Rock — serve tens of thousands of oysters a week. Between them they’ve ...

The biggest holiday party flex? A raw bar. When I think about the moment I fell in love with food, I think about oysters. I was maybe 12, and slurping down a raw oyster felt like an alarming dare. I ...

Shucking an oyster can seem intimidating, but it's simple and safe once you get the hang of it. We enlisted the expertise of US national oyster shucking champion Isabella Macbeth to walk you through ...

Are you an oyster devotee who pops them open by the dozen and slurps straight from the half-shell? There’s a time and a place for fresh oysters, but these briny bivalves have their place in hot dishes ...

Oysters are more than a classic on menus in the D.C. area. They play a key role in filtering the Chesapeake Bay. Volunteers known as oyster gardeners help raise oysters for this purpose. News4 got an ...

OYSTER OPENING, BUT HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM CLOSING ALL THESE BITS OF INFORMATION ARE REALLY HELPFUL. EASTON WHITE IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ...

Pairing oysters and beer is not only an excellent combination, it’s also no newfangled trend. This snack-drink combo has been popular in the British Isles for a very long time — since the Victorian ...