A serving of six medium oysters provides 100% or more of your daily recommended allowance of vitamin B12, copper, omega-3s and zinc. Autumn means back to school, pumpkin spice lattes and for the last 4,000 years, sweet, briny bivalves. Though oysters are now available year-round, the historical season follows the months of R rule: you only eat them in months with the letter R in their name.

Fall makes the biggest, sweetest oysters. These festivals let you shuck, slurp and sip for the perfect weekend getaway. Photo credit: Depositphotos.

Modern farming and refrigeration techniques make the old adage obsolete, but oysters remain sweeter, larger and more flavorful in the fall and winter months due to their spawning cycle. Oyster festivals dot the country and offer travelers a way to slurp u

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