Oyster : a global history / Carolyn Tillie.
By: Tillie, Carolyn [author.].
Contributor(s): Credo Reference (Firm) [distributor.].
Series: Edible: Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2023Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition].Description: 1 online resource (21 entries) : 63 images ; digital files.Content type: text | still image Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781803162348.Subject(s): Oysters -- History | Oyster fisheries -- History | Cooking (Oysters) -- History | Shellfish in artGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: View this item online Also available in print version.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Definition and science -- 2. Prehistoric and ancient history -- 3. Oysters in Asia -- 4. Oysters from the Middle Ages to the 1800s -- 5. Oysters in the New World : America and Australia -- 6. The Gilded Age -- 7. The twentieth-century oyster -- 8. Oysters as an aphrodisiac -- 9. The future of oysters -- Buying, storing and shucking oysters -- Recipes.
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Follow the story from the prehistoric up to the present day, discovering how the oyster became the food of both paupers and kings, contributed to the building of empires and the demise of ecosystems, and why it may be the creature to help save the world's dying coastal shorelines and reefs.
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