I was checking out shellfish books on Amazon and came across Rowan Jacobsen's "
A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur's Guide to Oyster Eating in America" and groaned. A field guide for oysters? Are you kidding me? I'm done. The only thing standing between me and an oyster bender is a quick trip to The Strand to pick it up tonight. Now the OCD in me will force me to go through the entire book with pen in hand, checking off each variety I have experienced and then relentlessly seek out all other varieties. I know there are over 200 kinds in North America but I've never seen a list. Now, I have a comprehensive list. Just in time for my trip down to South Carolina so I can sample some regional favorites there.
I never really understood people like ornithologists who hike around with a field guide in one hand and binoculars in the other. But now I kind of get it be cause I'll be wandering around the city with an oyster field guide in one hand and a cocktail fork in the other.
Ugh, I'm totally going to nerd-out over this for sure.
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