1 Meat, 3 Sides: MD 'Crab Fakes,' Bacon Sundaes
This week, crab cakes take center plate, surrounded by news of a new lobster restaurant, bacon sundaes and a good showing by DC-area restaurants in a "most valuable restaurants" list.
Get caught up with the food scene in Washington, DC, metro neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, Maryland "crab fakes" take center plate: One Meat: What's behind our state's signature dish? Not a whole lot of home-grown muscle, it turns out. When it comes to Maryland crab cakes, "the little-known truth is that our region’s signature dish is rarely regional. More than 43 million pounds of crab meat are imported into Maryland each year, but the Maryland crab meat industry only produces about 700,000 pounds. That means less than 2 percent is from Maryland," Washington City Paper reported. "The rest [of the crab meat served in the state] is shipped in from Venezuela, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico" and the Gulf…
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Chris Tennant
3:00 pm on Sunday, June 17, 2012
Now, this is more like it, as the article contains useful information on eateries in the DC area, even if the places in question are not in College Park : - ))) more ›