The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell - Hardcover

Kurlansky, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345476387 ISBN 13: 9780345476388

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2006

Synopsis

The best-selling author of Salt and Cod takes an insightful look at the influence of the oyster on four centuries of New York history, culture, economics, and culinary trends. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

Advance praise for The Big Oyster
"In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food's ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world."
-Alice Waters
"Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city-intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award--winning author of In the Heart of the Sea

Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
"Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous."
-The Boston Globe

Salt: A World History
"Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative."
-San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
"This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history."
-The New York Times Book Review

"From the Hardcover edition."

Advance praise for The Big Oyster
" In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food's ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world."
- Alice Waters
" Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city- intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down."
- Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-- winning author of In the Heart of the Sea

Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
" Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous."
- The Boston Globe

Salt: A World History
" Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative."
- San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
" This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history."
- The New York Times Book Review

"From the Hardcover edition."

Advance praise for The Big Oyster

"In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food's ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world."
-Alice Waters

"Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city-intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award--winning author of In the Heart of the Sea
Praise for Mark Kurlansky

1968: The Year That Rocked the World

"Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous."
-The Boston Globe
Salt: A World History

"Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative."
-San Francisco Chronicle

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

"This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history."
-The New York Times Book Review
"From the Hardcover edition."

Advance praise for The Big Oyster
In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food s ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world.
Alice Waters
Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down.
Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award winning author of In the Heart of the Sea

Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous.
The Boston Globe

Salt: A World History
Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative.
San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history.
The New York Times Book Review

"From the Hardcover edition.""

Advance praise for The Big Oyster
In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food s ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world.
Alice Waters
Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down.
Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award winning author of In the Heart of the Sea

Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous.
The Boston Globe

Salt: A World History
Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative.
San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history.
The New York Times Book Review

From the Hardcover edition."

Advance praise for The Big Oyster
"In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food's ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world."
-Alice Waters
"Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city-intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award--winning author of In the Heart of the Sea

Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
"Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous."
-The Boston Globe

Salt: A World History
"Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative."
-San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
"This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history."
-The New York Times Book Review

From the Hardcover edition.

Advance praise for The Big Oyster

"In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food's ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world."
-Alice Waters

"Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city-intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award--winning author of In the Heart of the Sea

Praise for Mark Kurlansky

1968: The Year That Rocked the World

"Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous."
-The Boston Globe

Salt: A World History

"Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative."
-San Francisco Chronicle

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

"This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history."
-The New York Times Book Review

From the Hardcover edition.

From the Publisher:

From the bestselling author of Salt and Cod comes a fascinating history of New York and the oyster - its influence on four centuries of cultural, economic, and culinary trends - with recipes throughout

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0345476387
• ISBN 13: 9780345476388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 307