Tagging along with La Famille Boutrais during one of the year’s most extreme tides gave me a whole new view of oyster farming.

Named after its original owner, Huîtrerie Régis was described as a kind of Parisian oyster sanctuary: humble, pristine, and wholly devoted to the pleasure of a dozen (or two) bivalves.

Want to know where the world's best oysters come from? Here are 11 varieties that I adore.

Traversing the globe in search of the world’s most exceptional raw oysters.