Lemony oysters in time for holiday season

MARENNES, France - A French seafood farmer is proposing lemon-flavored oysters this holiday season, a delicacy he perfected after four years of trial-and-error experiments in his garage.

Joffrey Dubault, 29, also offers oysters flavored with shallots, another perennial accompaniment usually served finely chopped and floating in vinegar.

"It was pretty discouraging at first when I had to throw out 90 percent," the lanky oyster farmer said, a baseball cap shielding his blue eyes. "Now I have a 95 percent success rate."