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Why it’s OK to send restaurant food back

Are you really such a big deal? No. So stop worrying that you’ll make others feel awkward

How To Pick The Best Rotisserie Chicken At The Grocery Store

For Bon Appetit, by Ashley Mason.If we had a dollar for every time we relied on a rotisserie chicken for a quick and painless dinner, well, let...

13 Tasty Fish Taco Recipes

Try some coastal twists on the classic fish taco with these homemade slaws, salsas, and cremas—your fish tacos will never taste the same again.

15 Bars Every Man Should Drink In Before He Dies

These are the places that every man should visit, whether in Tokyo or your backyard, and whether it was Lincoln that drank there or Al Capone.

Top 10 Rules for Fine Dining

Have you ever been out for dinner and been confused by the number of knives and forks? Don't know what to do with that napkin? This is a list of the top 10

Why Butcher Shops Make Great Restaurants

What happens when you merge a butcher shop and a restaurant? Cooking that’s a cut above. Here’s where to eat—and buy—some of the country’s best meat. Plus a recipe for country-style pork ribs from chef Damon Menapace.

What Your Beer Choice Says About You

The highly unscientific opinions of these three BuzzFeed Fellows who drink a lot of beer.

How to Skip Shucking (But Keep Eating) Oysters at Home

All the fun and romance of oysters on the half shell with no shucking knife or skills required.

Cooking Techniques: Shucking an Oyster

Adding Even More Sensation to Oysters

Described as "a wine as bracing as a swim in a cold lake", Muscadet is what we are most fanatic about at the moment. And with the boom in America's appreciation for oysters, we couldn't recommend a better pairing this spring.

How oysters allow us to taste the many flavors of the sea

Oysters, like wine, take their flavor from the distinct character of the places they're grown.

Recycling Shells to Support New Oysters

The Chesapeake Bay was once a world center for oyster production, but those beloved bi-valves have fallen on hard times. Pollution took a toll, and baby

Conquer Your Fear of Raw Oysters

Many oysters lovers don't have a problem slurping from the half shell, but some beginners can't stomach the idea. Michael "Hollywood" Broadway, senior mast

This student-led startup wants to turn human ashes into oyster reefs

Urns made from cremated ashes and pulverized shells can create oyster habitats that capture as much as 5 million pounds of CO2 over the course of three years.

Study tests multiple indicators of wastewater contamination to shellfish farms

Human wastewater poses a global threat to seafood safety and the financial stability of the aquaculture industry. A recent study by researchers at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the University of South Alabama, in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, tested multiple indicators of wastewater contamination to identify potential sources of contamination to local shellfish farms and aid management efforts.

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