Globs of wet, sticky brown oil stretched Friday morning along Fourchon Beach, one of the parts of the Louisiana Gulf coast heaviest hit by the spill so far.

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To the casual observer, the recovery of West Angle Bay seems complete, especially to those who recall the thick brown deposits of oil that coated the beach after the spill.

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Continuing the theme of found food, a soft-shell crab is presented as an edible beach treasure, surrounded by amaranth grains for sand and brown-butter sauce for seawater.

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An athletic man with light-brown hair and green eyes, John slowly walked over to the girls, who were playing with a beach ball.

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As I paddle out into the surf on a crystal clear California morning, brown pelicans swoop low over the ocean, and a flock of seagulls of Hitchcockian proportions soar above a deserted beach where a harbor seal lolls in the sunshine.

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