Mushrooms provide a vast array of potential medicinal compounds. Many mushrooms - such as portobello, oyster, reishi and maitake - are well-known for these properties, but the lion's mane mushroom, in particular, has drawn the attention of researchers for its notable nerve-regenerative properties.
My first concert - maybe it was 1979 - was a blur. I'm not sure whether it was Blue Oyster Cult/Cheap Trick/Pat Travers at San Jose Civic Auditorium or The Police/The Knack/Robert Johnson at Berkeley's Zellerbach Auditorium.
All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.
I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
It's important that your shucked oyster is clean and pristine.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country.