Shucking oysters at home can save money and deliver restaurant-level results. Using the right tools is key to safely shucking oysters. Proper cleaning and storage are crucial to preserving the flavor ...

A small but noble effort to reduce the discarded plastics that litter the seashore has materialized with the orange handle on a new oyster shucking knife. It’s a collaboration between R. Murphy Knives ...

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.

This browser does not support the video element. This browser does not support the video element. Fresh oysters, still holed up in their shells, can be intimidating to the less experienced. Even armed ...

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 ...

At the new Fishtown Seafood, owner Bryan Szeliga only stocks thoughtfully sourced, chemical-free fish and shellfish, including small-batch East Coast oysters dug up from Jersey to Maine. His Monday ...