Pearls form when oysters coat irritants with nacre over years. Learn how natural and cultured pearls are created and why oysters matter.

ASHEVILLE - One guest’s dinner may be another guest’s treasure at a seafood restaurant. Chefs and line cooks are known to unearth unexpected items within shipments that are more than what they ...

Ever since humans figured out how to compel a mollusk to make a pearl, cultured pearls have been prized for jewelry and adornment. Part of their allure seems to rest in the mystery of creation that ...

New York City is coming up pearls. For the second time this month, a restaurant patron has chomped down on an oyster only to find a valuable pearl. Kristin Pulaski, 29, found her very own bivalve ...

A $14.95 oyster dish at the Grand Central Oyster Bar came with a surprise that could be worth thousands of dollars: A diner took a bite of his oyster pan roast earlier this month and found a pearl. NJ ...

He’s one lucky shucker. Rick Antosh, 66, met a high-school buddy for lunch at Grand Central Oyster Bar on Dec. 5 and ordered his usual $14.75 pan roast. Diving into the stew-like dish, which includes ...