Another classic seafood sauce that you have to try with oysters is cocktail sauce. It's that red, horseradish-tinged sauce that adds a slight heat and umami intensity to anything it touches.

After all, cocktail sauce was initially created to pair with oysters. The sweet and spicy condiment is great for dipping fried calamari or fish sticks and makes a wonderful topper on crabcakes.

The seafood cocktail sauce gets an upgrade with a Japanese horseradish bite. Or you could make it a chipotle cream sauce and serve the oysters on corn chips. We've got step-by-step instructions on ...

That means a daily menu of three to four varieties of oysters, served on the half-shell with two types of mignonette (traditional and jalapeno cilantro) and housemade cocktail sauce. There will ...