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.

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.

The biggest holiday party flex? A raw bar. Photo by Chris Simpson / Food Styling by Julian Hensarling / Prop Styling by Thom Driver When I think about the moment I fell in love with food, I think ...

That old saying about only eating oysters in months that contain the letter "R"? Not totally accurate anymore. Thanks to modern refrigeration and sustainable harvesting, it's now possible to safely ...

If done right, shucking an oyster can look suave, sexy even. With a petite knife and twist of the wrist, the cemented-shut bivalve springs open. If done wrong, you risk splintering bits of shell into ...

Adam Rothbarth was the former Food & Kitchen Writer for VICE's shopping page, Rec Room, and contributes to Chicago Magazine, Eater, and more. So, we talked to Bill Nevruz, former East Coast ...

Well-known Long Island oyster farmer Kennan Boyle will be sharing his sustainable Blue Point oysters with festival goers and demonstrate how to shuck an oyster at Indian Ladder Farms in Altamont. If ...

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 ...

The biggest holiday party flex? A raw bar. When I think about the moment I fell in love with food, I think about oysters. I was maybe 12, and slurping down a raw oyster felt like an alarming dare. I ...