{"product_id":"oyster-isles-bobby-groves-9781472129079","title":"Oyster Isles","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Bobby's oyster travelogue is an ambitious, one-of-a-kind piece that shines a spotlight on the extraordinary and the everyday of the industry. It's the stuff that oyster bucket lists are made of' Julie Qiu, In A Half Shell blog\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A masterpiece' Sandy Ingber, Executive Chef of the Grand Central Oyster Bar, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An amazing tome . . . The stories behind each oyster and location are informative, in depth, but, most importantly, fun' Michel Roux Jr\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe oyster. Ostrea edulis. 'Edible bones'. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Great British oyster is deeply embedded in our geographical, historical and socio-cultural landscape. Five-thousand-year-old oyster shells have been discovered in the northern reaches of Scotland, and oyster shells are littered along the extinct riverbeds deep beneath the London of today. A highly prized delicacy of the Romans, the oyster has always been a class leveller: an everyman food of the poor during the Victorian age to a food of decadence during the twentieth century. It is a superfood; a biological water meter; an ecological superpower. The oyster card, 'the world is your oyster' - it has even crept into our language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBobby Groves, Head of Oysters at the Chiltern Firehouse, takes us on a wonderful journey of the British oyster, a five-thousand-mile motorcycle odyssey of Britain's spectacular coastlines. He vividly brings to life this strange and marvellous creature, shining a light on its rich and vibrant history, its cultural impact and ecological importance as well as those oyster folk who work so hard to protect them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart travelogue, part social history, Oyster Isles is a celebration of the much-loved yet much-misunderstood British oyster.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bobby Groves","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67627939594483,"sku":"9781472129079","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781472129079.jpg?v=1791054877","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/oyster-isles-bobby-groves-9781472129079","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}