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The Big Oyster : History on the half shell /

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Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Author Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled. For centuries New York was famous for its oysters, Gotham's most celebrated export, a staple...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kurlansky, Mark
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, [2006]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Cooking (Oysters)
Oysters > New York (State) > New York.
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Table of Contents:
  • The beds of Eden
  • A molluscular life
  • The bivalvent Dung Hill
  • The fecundity of Bivalvency
  • A nice bed to visit
  • Becoming the worlds's oyster
  • Eggocentric New Yorkers
  • The shells of sodom
  • The crassostreasness of New Yorkers
  • Making your own bed
  • Ostreamaniacal behavior
  • Ostracized in the golden age
  • Enduring shellfishness.