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    Everything You Need to Know about Identifying Oysters

    David LeFevre is the chef and owner at Fishing with Dynamite and MB Post in Manhattan Beach. At Fishing with Dynamite he offers an extensive selection of oysters. He explains that while there are seemingly a wide variety of oysters, there are only five species.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    David LeFevre is the chef and owner at Fishing with Dynamite and MB Post in Manhattan Beach. At Fishing with Dynamite he offers an extensive selection of oysters. He explains that while there are seemingly a wide variety of oysters, there are only five species. The variety in shape, size, texture and flavor stem from how and where the bivalves were cultivated.

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    The full episode

    6 of 7
    Oysters 101; A Food Stylist's Secrets; Eating in Ventura
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:24A Pizza Food Styling Expert's Secrets to the Perfect 'Cheese-Pull'
    3. 15:50Gardening for Geeks
    4. 23:29Greening the South Bronx
    5. 39:42A New Look for an Old Favorite
    6. 39:42Everything You Need to Know about Identifying OystersYou’re reading this
    7. 47:38Where to Eat in Ventura County
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