It’s prime oyster-eating season (or so we’ve told you); this illustrated guide on opening the bivalves comes at exactly the right time. [Chow]
The Times throws readers a handful of Flushing restaurant picks, solid as far as it goes. (Rob and Robin’s guide to Flushing’s Prince Street went further.) [NYT]
A debate on the relative merits of Queens and Brooklyn bagels. [Chowhound]
Cravings provides a typically eclectic holiday-food shopping guide, with some help from the Hungry Cabbie. [Cravings]
The annual rollout of specialty beers, covered here in exhaustive detail [NYDN]
Twelve top choices for online chocolate shopping. [Ed Levine Eats]