Japan's akoya oysters have been preëminent among cultured pearls ever since Kokichi Mikimoto first established the industry in the early part of this century. But since 1994, something has been ...

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Pearls form as a natural defense mechanism when oysters trap irritants inside their shells and coat them with layers of nacre. While natural pearls are rare, cultured pearls are carefully farmed using ...

The new-ish rooftop bar Cococabana is what lures me to the Brick Hotel in Oceanside. But the Q&A bar below is where I start things off — by trying an oyster for the very first time. Bar Manager Tony ...

For at least 164,000 years, oysters have been part of the human diet, but people have been finding pearls in oysters for much longer — as early as 2300 BC when Chinese royalty received them as gifts.

The location of this cluster of pearl shells is anything but ordinary. It is near the discharge outlet of the Hainan Changjiang Nuclear Power Base — China’s southernmost nuclear facility — where ...

Celebrity chefs and the owners of an exclusive whiskey bar hope to change some long-held ideas about Gulf Coast oysters through a new event that combines high-end scotch and regional mollusks. Tickets ...

“It was such a bizarre experience,” said Keely Hill. On a Saturday afternoon in early December, the 32-year-old kindergarten teacher had met some friends at Superior Seafood in Uptown New Orleans for ...

WORCESTER — Two out-of-towners got more than they bargained for when they ordered a plate of raw oysters at a Canal District restaurant and ended up finding a naturally occurring pearl hidden in the ...