Oyster

Tailor this blue plate special to your taste—you could add spice to the potatoes, sub sausages for bacon, scramble the eggs, omit the onions, or add fresh herbs. While it’s great for brunch (chase it with a nap), we’d also love to eat this for breakfast or dinner.

The oysters will plump slightly in the hot soup and take on a creamy but firm consistency; if overcooked, they’ll become rubbery.

Talk about pedigree: Washington state’s Hama Hama Seafood Store fell in love with this sweet-and-spicy sauce after having it at Hog Island Oyster Company. They modified the original, then shared their take with us. If you’re not a raw oyster person, this buttery, broiled treatment should be in your repertoire.

We tried to teach you how you shuck an oyster, but all you cared about was Test Kitchen Assistant Brad Leone

Four recipes—for baked eggs, lamb, pasta, and oysters—our readers requested from restaurants in Vermont, Oregon, New Orleans, and New York

It's oyster-slurping time! Get to know the varieties better with this handy guide to our favorite mollusks, from Belon to Hama Hama

Cronuts? No. But Franklin BBQ brisket and Swan Oyster Depot? Yes.

Dipping the oysters in egg whites makes the fried coating especially light and crisp.

For this oysters Rockefeller recipe, make the filling ahead of time and you'll need only a few minutes to go from shucking to eating.

Anyone who has made pho will recognize the technique of charring the onions and ginger to add smoky aromatic flavor to this broth, which is exceptional when done with homemade stock, and a brilliant flavor shortcut when using a store-bought stock. We call for ramen noodles, since they’re easy to find, but you can definitely substitute dried or fresh rice noodles if you prefer.

Back in the day, when you went to a restaurant to slurp down some oysters, you had one option--oysters

Make or buy a savory cornbread to use in this luxurious oyster stuffing recipe; the kind you use will determine how much broth you'll need to moisten it.

Enjoy this dish alongside homemade soda bread