title: Sex, Death and Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover's World Tour
author:  Robb Walsh 
description: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000325211"><strong>Amazon Best of the Month, January 2009</strong></a>: Once called "the Indiana Jones of food writers," Texan Robb Walsh has developed a cult of devoted readers who have ridden shotgun with him on his obsessive culinary adventures--from the quest for the perfect cup of coffee, to barbecue battles, to Dr. Pepper bootleggers. Who better then to take a five-year quest in search of the perfect oyster, "the world's most profitable aphrodisiac," than the James Beard Award-winning author, who hangs his hat as the restaurant critic for <i>The Houston Press</i> and has written several books, including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400077168"><em>Are You Really Going to Eat That?</em></a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767914880"><em>The Tex-Mex Cookbook</em></a>. <i>Sex, Death, and Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover's World Tour</i> chronicles a global culinary road trip that takes Walsh from his local Galveston Bay to the coasts of North America, and off to Ireland, England, and France. Fact-filled and laced throughout with his wry humor, Walsh recounts the hundreds of oysters shucked and prepared in myriad ways, and offers a fascinating history that goes beyond the expected, revealing coastal rivalries, recipes, shucking tips, and what to drink with your oyster. <i>--Brad Thomas Parsons</i>
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  A rake running from his past...
  
  For hell-raiser Brennan Carr, his Grand Tour has been the perfect way to
  replace difficult family memories with outrageous adventures. But discovering
  his Greek hosts want him to marry, Brennan must prove he’s not ready to settle
  down—and fast! Is a fling with widow Patra Tspiras a delicious solution...?
  
  Patra has learned the hard way never to trust anyone, but Brennan’s sinful
  seduction sweeps her off her feet! Could what started as a delectable affair
  soon transform into the happily-ever-after they’ve both been secretly craving?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Rakes on Tour
  
  Outrageous hell-raisers let loose in Europe!
  
  When London’s most notorious rakes embark on a Grand Tour they set female
  hearts aflutter all across Europe!
  
  The exploits of these British rogues might be the stuff of legend, but on this
  adventure of a lifetime will they finally meet the women strong enough to  
  tame their wicked ways?
  
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