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Patrick McMurray


Patrick McMurray is the owner of Starfish Oyster Bed & Grill in Toronto. He is a champion shucker who has held North American and world titles. As a true ambassador — or perhaps missionary is a better term — for oysters and their culture, Patrick travels regularly to oyster and food festivals all over the world. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.

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Consider the Oyster
Written by Patrick McMurray

Hardcover | 192 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Cooking - Seafood; Cooking
978-0-7710-5770-0 (0-7710-5770-9)

July 31, 2007 | $24.99

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Consider the Oyster
Written by Patrick McMurray

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780771057700
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An expert shows us the world inside the half-shell.

Oysters are sexy. But outside of their mythic power as aphrodisiacs, what else do people really know about them? Consider the Oyster is a compendium of information — often practical, sometimes poetic — offering everything from detailed descriptions of the most popular varieties...


              
              



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