The First Time I Ate an Oyster | Hazlitt

God had taken someone from me, I reasoned, and I could inhale some of his creatures in exchange.

Firsts November 8, 2017 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Alicia Kennedy Alicia Kennedy is a Long Island-born writer now living in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her website is alicia-kennedy.com. Recent articles The Year in Martinis Pride of Patchogue The Bars Tell Stories I’ve been eating oysters. This wouldn’t be news, but I’ve been vegan for five years. My professional life as a food writer depends on this nut-cheese niche, and I’ve abandoned it for mid-day lunches I can’t share on Instagram. The consumption of these bivalve mollusks began soon after my brother’s sudden death last October. On my first tri

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