Sex, Death and Oysters:
A Half-Shell Lover's World Tour (Available January 2009)

When Robb Walsh discovers that Texas oysters are being passed off as Blue Points and Chincoteagues in other parts of the country, he decides to investigate. Thus begins a five-year journey of discovery into the culture of one of the world's oldest foodstuffs.

Walsh gets caught between the old blue collar oyster culture of the Gulf and the new gourmet oyster renaissance taking place on the East and West Coasts. His through-the-looking-glass adventures take him from slimy Louisiana boat decks to posh Paris brasseries, and from London boardrooms to Irish bedrooms in his personal quest to understand the essence of the oyster.

• See the Oyster Moments slide show
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Robb was nominated for a James Beard Journalism Award in 2008 in the Newspaper Feature Writing about Restaurants and or Chefs category for "Guess Who's Cooking Your Dinner."

• See all Beard-nominated stories

Read a few other old nuggets, see Robb's latest restaurant review in the Houston Press, and check out some NPR commentaries.