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Wellfleet oysters at Caspian Oyster Depot Years from now, as I scroll back through my pandemic-era food memories, one will stand out among the takeout boxes and the meals I'm already sick of cooking. On New Year's Eve, I stood out in the snow under the biggest, brightest full moon, trying desperately to wield an oyster knife without stabbing myself. It was a surprisingly celebratory way to end a terrible year, and the oysters — once I figured out the trick to opening their rough shells — were damn good. I had Caspian Oyster Depot to thank for those fresh, briny bivalves and the fresh start they gave 2021. A few weeks later, when I called Sophie and Justin Wright, owners of the Bristol business, they said they'd also rung in the year by moon gazing and slurping back shellfish in the snow. So had many of their other customers. In a time when gathering is out, we'd managed to have a simultaneous experience, if not a collective one.