This offers readers a global view of the oyster tracing its role in cooking art literature
and politics from the dawn of time to the present day. Oysters have inspired chefs painters
and writers alike have sustained communities financially and ecologically and have loomed
large in legend and history. Using the oyster as the central theme Smith has organized the
book around time periods and geographical locations looking at the oyster's influence through
colorful anecdotes eye-opening scientific facts and a wide array of visuals.
