"Even a farmed oyster is other-wordly"

This observation was spoken (in the course of a wine-and-oyster seminar earlier this month) by oyster farmer Lissa James, who (with her brother, Adam), runs Hama Hama Oysters. It provided a philosophical, mystical underpinning to the whole enterprise. James wrote about her experience as an oyster farmer on Crosscut last month.

Here's Lissa, by the way, accompanied by Marco Pinchot of Taylor Shellfish. Friendly rivals.