Oysters to the People Events.....
can also be called "Community Supported Mariculture - CSM" or "Grower Direct" or "From my Oysterbeds to your Lips". What these names all have in common is a desire to build an intimate relationship, with you, the Oyster Lover. I want you to experience the freshest, tastiest and most memorable shellfish imaginable. (read more)
COMING SOON.......
CSM (Community Supported Mariculture) in collaboration with the folks at “Chez Totoche”, featuring “Same Day Fresh” shellfish, purchased on line and distributed at Nelson’s premium Charcuterie store.
Deconstructing Dinner
On, Saturday, November 4th, 2017, I look forward to again, being your....... "Oyster Man". Plan to attend this evening at the movies, over beers and oysters. "As hey, no Film Festival, Beer or Oyster event in the world is independent of the tides, the moon, the physical and emotional temperature surrounding it's I… Read More »
An Oyster without the Rrrrrrr…
While attending and participating in the 22nd annual Cortes Island Oyster Feastival" aka "Seafest" something feels wrong, desperately wrong, when the ........"RRrrrrr" is taken out of the words Raw Oysters. Yes, the evolution of the Cortes Island shellfish culture and sub-culture, (which over the past 50 years has so… Read More »
Smoked Oysters
Cortes Island Food Book
May all people at all times have access to good food. May we reclaim local ownership of community food systems and develop food self-reliance by sharing food, information, skills, and resources. May food be celebrated as central to culture and community. May the land, air and water be preserved for future generati… Read More »
Clam Gardens
For many years, archaeologists were unaware of the ancient clam terraces at Waiatt Bay, on Quadra Island. Author Judith Williams knew no differently until she was advised of their existence by a Klahoose elder named Elizabeth Harry (Keekus). By liaising with other observers of clam gardens in the Broughton Archipelag… Read More »