Rowan Jacobsen
The Best Ingredient for Enjoying Oysters Is Snow
Dive into those oysters like Jacques Cousteau pursuing a narwhal, like Don Draper searching for his soul. Eat them unencumbered by thought. Eat them outside in the snow.
How to Eat Oysters and Not Look Like an Idiot
A good oyster should taste like an ocean bouillon cube or a perfectly seasoned potato chip.
The Five-Minute Oyster Guide That Will Make You Look Like an Expert
Oyster expert Rowan Jacobsen says oysters are at their plump, buttery best between Thanksgiving and New Year's.
The Night the World’s Top Tea and Wine Geeks Got Crazy
What happened after I walked into a Bushwick photo studio for a pu'er tea tasting by Two Dog—one of the only westerners producing pu'er tea in Yunnan, China with a cult following—is a night I’ll never forget.
Getting Drunk on Tea Infusions with Montreal’s Underground Connoisseurs
A select group of tea collectors are known to gather in Montreal's best tea shop for an invite-only event called "After Hours." Guests bring their most prized tea and, under the guise of camaraderie, hope to be pummeled into herbal enlightenment.