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The Great Clam Cake and Fritter Guide: Why We Love Them, How to Make Them, and Where to Find Them from Maine to Virginia
✍️ Wyman, Carolyn
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📝 Description: The Great Clam Cake and Fritter Guide: Why We Love Them, How to Make Them, and Where to Find Them from Maine to Virginia
Forget lobster rolls and crab cakes. The dish East Coast residents really clamor for are clam cakes and fritters. In Maine, it's a deep-fried clam patty; in Virginia, a clam-filled pancake; in Southern New England, clam doughnut holes that are a summer sacrament despite their bad nutrition, frequent greasiness and limited availability (or actually, maybe, because of those things). The Great Clam Cake and Fritter Guide digs into the origins of these cultish regional treats, profiles 50 of the best clam-cake/fritter-making restaurants and shacks and details the most significant artistic and event tributes to this food on Family Guy, in Don Bousquet cartoons and a Pulitzer Prize-winning short story, among others. Do-it-yourselfers will delight in the book's bike and car clam cake crawl itineraries, guides to cake-side beaches and 20-plus recipes. The Great Clam Cake and Fritter Guide is the definitive clam cake/fritter history, cookbook and travel guidebook, and your dream of lounging around beautiful seacoast settings stuffing your face with delicious fried seafood come true!
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Eatbook Family editorial team
While charming for its specific focus, this book excludes anyone uninterested in fried seafood or regional travel. It is not a comprehensive culinary text but a specialized love letter to a single ingredient preparation. Readers seeking sophisticated technique or global cuisines will find it too narrow. The tone is celebratory rather than critical, which may disappoint those looking for rigorous nutritional analysis despite the mention of its 'bad nutrition.' It serves best as a leisurely read for coastal enthusiasts who enjoy food history and travel planning equally, offering a fun, albeit indulgent, perspective on American seaside dining habits.
