Quotes of the Day
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
The last time I looked, I lived in America. And I'd hate to see the government take away my freedom to eat an oyster.
- TOMMY WARD,
- whose family has been harvesting oysters from the Gulf of Mexico since the 1920s, on the FDA's plan to ban the sale of raw oysters that are harvested in warm months; about 15 people die each year due to raw-oyster contamination
Photo: Olivier Pon / Reuters / Corbis | Source: New York Times