"Cicero ate oysters to nourish his eloquence, and the ancients used them with a startlingly cold-blooded combination of gastronomy and pure hygiene."
—M.F.K. Fisher
“The food of thy body is Champagne and oysters; feed it then on Champagne and oysters; and so shall it merit a joyful resurrection, if there is any to be.”
—Herman Melville
“I do not weep at the world, I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
—Zora Neale Hurston
The Joy Of Oysters, a cookbook and celebration of all things oyster by Nils Bernstein, is out now on Artisan Books.
The book is an accessible and entertaining smörgåsbord of recipes, information, inspiration, tips, stories, history, and everything else the oyster lover and the merely oyster-curious could want to know.
The Joy Of Oysters is available at all the retailers listed below:
United States
IndieBound (your closest local bookstore)
Canada
United Kingdom
Amazon UK
Waterstones
Australia
Booktopia
Other Territories