Honor Allen was 12 years old when he shucked his first oyster, and little did he know it was the start of a blissful journey that would lead him to championship titles. Shucking oysters started as a ...

The Fur and Wildlife Festival in Cameron may be over, but the duck-calling competition brought together a group of young men ...

The nation’s fastest oyster-shucker closed his eyes, drew a deep breath, kissed his knife and tore into a pile of stubborn shellfish, prying them open quicker than a kid with a bagful of Starburst. By ...

There’s more than one way to shuck an oyster, to paraphrase an old adage, but when learning to shuck oysters, it is probably best to keep it simple and safe. There are a number of styles or approaches ...

Whenever Eileen McGuire has new houseguests at her home in Southold, one of the musts on her itinerary is to take them to an oyster shucking class. “It’s fabulous,” said McGuire. “Very educational, ...

URBANNA, Va. -- Undisputed oyster-shucking champion Deborah Pratt will take part in the 65th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival, which takes place Saturday from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. in the picturesque ...

This browser does not support the video element. This browser does not support the video element. Fresh oysters, still holed up in their shells, can be intimidating to the less experienced. Even armed ...

“You want to hear it was like some magical movie moment with sun breaking through the clouds?” says Bryan Rackley. He’s recalling last April, when he and his partners harvested their first batch of ...