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Narsai David Recipes and Reviews: Week of February 14th
(KCBS) – KCBS Food and Wine Editor Narsai David samples wines, visits restaurants, tests kitchen tools, and creates recipes that are easy for the everyday cook. Here are some of his reports from this...
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Narsai David Wine Review: 2012 Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Competition
Louisiana Oysters (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Narsai David is the KCBS Food and Wine Editor. He has been a successful restaurateur, chef, TV host, and columnist in the Bay Area spanning...
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Eye On The Bay: Tomales Bay Oyster Country
In our trip to Tomales Bay we’ll explore the stunning beauty of this protected bay near Point Reyes and the unique oyster culture it has produced. We’ll introduce you to the families behind the oyster...
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Murky Future For Point Reyes Oyster Farm
POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE (CBS / AP) — The future of an oyster farm in the Point Reyes National Seashore is still murky after a new report criticized the National Park Service’s environmental...
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Future Of Marin Oyster Company In Doubt As Permit Deadline Nears
POINT REYES (KCBS) – The controversy over whether an oyster farm should continue operating in the protected waters of Point Reyes National Seashore will be the topic of discussion on Wednesday as...
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Drakes Bay Oyster Co. Begins Final Appeal To Stay Open
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The fight over the government’s demand that the Drakes Bay Oyster Company close up shop at the Point Reyes National Seashore heads Tuesday to a final appeal to the U.S. Ninth...
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Marin Oyster Farm Wins Injunction To Stay Open During Appeal
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – An oyster farm in the Point Reyes National Seashore won an order from a federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday allowing it to stay open for the time being during its...
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Narsai David: Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Award Winners 2013
BERKELEY (KCBS) – Being a judge in the Pacific Coast Oyster Wine Competition is one of my favorite assignments. I love oysters, and finding the wine that gives you the perfect balance when eating an...
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Drakes Bay Oyster Company Making Final Appeal To Stay Open
DRAKES BAY (CBS SF) – Calling the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. a “shining example of sustainable agriculture,” a lawyer for the business urged a federal appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday to allow the...
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DEVO Whip It Again In Golden Gate Park
DEVO headlined the Guinness Music and Oyster Festival in Golden Gate Park and proved once again that the fittest shall survive yet the unfit may live.
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Appeals Court Panel Upholds Drakes Bay Oyster Farm Eviction
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a decision by former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar not to renew the lease of a popular oyster farm operating in a national park in Northern...
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Drakes Bay Oyster Co. Asks Appeals Court To Rehear Bid To Stay Open
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — As promised, the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. appealed to an expanded panel of a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday to allow it to keep operating at Point Reyes National...
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New Oyster Reef In SF Bay Aimed At Preventing Erosion
SAN RAFAEL (CBS SF) – Scientists were wading into bay waters in the San Rafael area Thursday afternoon to monitor the progress of an underwater oyster reef where scientists say more than 2 million...
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China Bans NorCal Shellfish Imports Due To Toxic Arsenic Levels
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — China has suspended imports of shellfish from the U.S. West Coast, cutting off one of the biggest export markets for Northwest companies. The Chinese government imposed the ban...
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Drakes Bay Oyster Co. Makes Final Bid To Remain Open
POINT REYES (CBS SF/BCN)— An oyster farm at Point Reyes National Seashore made its final bid to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday for a hearing on its quest to keep operating. Drakes Bay Oyster Co. is...
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Drakes Bay Oyster Farm Not Giving Up After High Court Declines To Hear Appeal
POINT REYES (KCBS) — The owners of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. are still not giving up on keeping their operation open after The Supreme Court declined to hear the popular farm’s appeal to help keep them...
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Jump On Tomorrow: Oyster Farm Closing, Tech Privacy Meeting, Traffic Alerts
(KBCW) — The famed Drakes Bay Oyster Company will be forced to close their farm Thursday. After two long years of fighting the drakes bay oyster company will close its doors. Last month, the U.S....
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Businesses In Court This Week To Ask Federal Judge To Reopen Drakes Bay...
POINT REYES (KCBS)— The imperiled Drakes Bay Oyster Company in the Point Reyes National Seashore may have one more day in court after all. A group of businesses that rely on the oyster farm will head...
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Drakes Bay Oyster Company Settles Dispute With National Park Service, Will...
POINT REYES STATION (KCBS)— The National Park Service announced a joint filing of a settlement agreement Monday that would end ongoing litigation between Drakes Bay Oyster Company pending a U.S....
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Point Reyes Visitors Warned Against Collecting Shellfish At Closed Drakes Bay...
POINT REYES STATION (CBS SF) — The last commercial oysters have been removed from Drakes Bay following the closure of the only oyster farm operating there and National Park Service officials are...
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Tomales Bay Oyster Company Fights To Stay Open
MARIN COUNTY (KPIX 5) – It’s been almost a year since the Drake’s Bay Oyster Company had to close down, after a long legal fight. Now, the Tomales Bay Oyster Company is battling to stay open. The...
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California Lifts Fishing Ban On Certain Shellfish After Fewer Toxins Found
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — While the state halted the Dungeness crab season because of toxic algae concerns, the ban on other shellfish caught along much of the California coast has been lifted. The news...
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Oyster Recovery Projects Bring Calls For Government Investment In SF Bay And...
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (CBS/AP) — Oysters were once so abundant in New Jersey that vacationers would clamber off trains, wade into the water and pluck handfuls to roast for dinner. Their colonies...
View ArticleCalifornians Warned About Norovirus Risk From Canadian Oysters
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California health officials say about 100 people statewide have contracted norovirus in the past week after eating raw oysters from British Columbia, Canada. The state Department of...
View ArticleAyala’s Executive Chef Melissa Perfit Teaches The Art Of Preparing, Eating...
Melissa Perfit, executive chef at Ayala, a new seafood restaurant in San Francisco, teaches Bay Area Focus host Michelle Griego the art of shucking, dressing and eating oysters.
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