They got a raw deal. Long Island’s oyster industry has been left shellshocked after the “worst winter of the century” cost purveyors tons of inventory — and steep profit losses — thanks to an unprecedented deep freeze. “We’re buying clams and oysters about 10% higher already,” Vincent’s Clam Bar manager Danny Pepi told The Post … Read more
Let this sink in — a dangerous, salt-obsessed bacterium is wreaking havoc along the Gulf Coast. Several dozen cases of Vibrio vulnificus and nine deaths have been reported so far this year across Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. The rod-shaped bacterium lurks in warm, brackish waters — it can enter your body when … Read more
Before you turn up the heat in the bedroom, turn up the heat in your oven. Aphrodisiacs are foods, herbs or spices believed to naturally arouse sexual instinct and enhance performance. Dark chocolate and strawberries may be the first ones that come to mind, but there are heartier combinations. Long Island registered dietitian, chef and … Read more
Step back, shot girls — for a truly hot NYC party in 2025, you need oyster girls. They are beautiful, young women, often seen wandering among the Big Apple’s best-dressed revelers, dolled up in slinky black dresses and heels. Their mission: To seamlessly shuck the aphrodisiacal shellfish by the handful, serving them directly, with all the trimmings, to … Read more
Turns out the world isn’t her oyster. An Atlanta woman was ridiculed online after posting a TikTok of her downing 48 oysters — with audible slurping and all — followed by a crab cake and red potato entrée while on a date with a man. The fella supposedly had but one drink — as it … Read more
Shuck be a lady tonight. A Texas woman became the envy of couples everywhere after finding a pearl in her oyster during a romantic dinner. A clip of the fortuitous find currently boasts over 770,000 views on the awestruck woman’s TikTok page. “We’re eating oysters and a pearl came out,” Kenia Mac told Jam Press … Read more