Cryo-Shucking Oysters with Liquid Nitrogen

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Sep. 28, 2013 Food & Drink

Anjana Shanker is a research and development chef at Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine lab in Bellevue, Washington. She shows us how to shuck oysters with liquid nitrogen - watch a video of the process on the Good Food Blog.

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Host:

Evan Kleiman

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Gillian Ferguson, Laryl Garcia, Sarah Rogozen, Harriet Ells

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