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Source: NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday"

Roundup

4-9-06

'History on the Half Shell' in 'Big Oyster' [8min]

Author Mark Kurlansky wrote Cod and Salt. Now he moves on to the tasty bi-valve with The Big Oyster. He explores a time in New York history when oyster was king. He debunks some oyster myths for Liane Hansen.

Read entire article at NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday"