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.

Los Angeles — 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 ...

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 ...

I might have been 21 or 22 when I finally was able to stomach raw oysters. I would try one a year, just to see if I could eat them. The texture, however, was just too odd for me. It took practice and ...

While summertime and oysters appear to go hand in hand, fall is actually the best time of year to enjoy them. In fact, any season besides summer is the best time for oysters. A tradition dating back ...

Just a few weeks ago, Hannah Chea spent most of her week sitting in front of a computer for work. These days, you can find her shucking oysters for partygoers at lavish events and entertaining them ...