San Francisco’s oyster bay - gallery

Visitors enjoy sitting by the dock of the bay at The Marshall Store. Pictures: Wanda Hennig

Visitors enjoy sitting by the dock of the bay at The Marshall Store. Pictures: Wanda Hennig

Bob Lundbert shucks oysters at The Marshall Store, one of the good places to eat oysters when you visit Tomales Bay.

South African transplant Gwendolyn Meyer at one of the oyster farms she writes about in her book.

Kayaking among the oyster beds is one of the more delectable sensory experiences of northern California.

The oyster's famed aphrodisiacal qualities have long been debated.