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25. Yankee Pot Roast
The Griswold Inn 36 Main St. Essex, CT 860-767-1776; griswoldinn.com Even the phone number touts the Revolutionary heritage of this charming inn, with its dark wood and gleaming brass. The pot roast is flavorful and tender from slow oven braising — a proud standard bearer of this Yankee tradition. RECIPEDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and […]
Maine
24. Lobster Roll
Red’s Eats Main & Water Sts. Wiscasset, ME 207-882-6128; hollyeats.com/Reds.htm They pile on the lobster at Red’s. And the harmonious interaction of that fresh, cold meat, just barely mayo-dabbed, with the warm toasted bun underneath — well, it just sings of summer!
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23. Crab Cakes
Riverside Café 151 Main St., Ellsworth, ME 207-667-7220 Plenty of fresh rock crabmeat is generously mixed with herbs, bread crumbs, and a bit of egg to form a sandwich-filling cake that stuns the palate with its layers of flavors. Maine’s crab cakes are a different animal (literally) from Maryland’s, and Riverside’s are a prime example.
Maine
22. Lobster Pie
Maine Diner 2265 Post Rd. (Rte. 1) Wells, ME 207-646-4441; mainediner.com You don’t need a shell or a sauce. All you need is a pound of lobster meat, plenty of butter, and crushed Ritz cracker crumbs. Put those three into a casserole dish, bake, and serve. At the Maine Diner, timing and proportions are key, […]
Rhode Island
21. Clam Cakes
Flo’s Clam Shack 4 Wave Ave. Middletown, RI 401-847-8141; quahog.org/cuisine Ocean State tradition has it that the clams are hard to find in clam cakes, but there’s always a tang from the clam juice in the fritterlike batter. The trick is to keep it light and to deep-fry these treats so they come out dry […]
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20. Baked Stuffed Lobster
Legal Sea Foods 5 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA (and 29 other East Coast locations) 617-864-3400; legalseafoods.com Although many places offer stuffed lobster, we were bowled over by Legal’s generous scallop-and-shrimp take on it (no crumbs). Add in those big chunks of lobster, and you’ve got a seafood meal supreme.
Food
19. Codfish Cakes
Lindsey’s 3138 Cranberry Highway East Wareham, MA 508-759-5544; lindseysfamilyrestaurant.com A hefty croquette size, Lindsey’s cod cakes have plenty of mashed potatoes and fresh minced fish. Although they’re deep-fried, they’re not greasy, not fishy — just yummy. They’re topped with stewed tomatoes, celery, and onions, and accompanied by baked beans. Like all the good food here, […]
Food
18. Stuffed Clams
Amaral’s Fish & Chips 4 Redmond St. Warren, RI 401-247-0675; amaralsfishandchips.com “Stuffies” are to clams casino what steak is to chicken: big and hearty. Shells are packed with chopped quahogs and bread and/or cracker crumbs, and flavored with herbs and/or veggies and plenty of clam juice, often with a red-pepper-flake kick. Amaral’s definitely have that […]
Maine Made Products Center 461 Commercial St. Rockport, ME 800-762-8895; cheese-me.com Durgin-Park uses small pea or navy beans, seasoned with salt pork, molasses, and mustard (see the recipe below), slow-cooked, while State of Maine brand (at Maine Made Products Center) uses soldier or Jacob’s cattle beans, seasoned similarly (but often without the pork). RECIPEDelivered Daily: […]
The Bite 29 Basin Rd., Menemsha Martha’s Vineyard, MA 508-645-9239; thebitemenemsha.com Often thought of as the New England clam chowder, this creamy version is well represented at places as diverse as inns and clam shacks. The Bite’s version is nicely herbed and thickened (not floury), and chock-full of hard-shell clams. Take it to the beach […]