It all began as a lighthearted wager with a coworker. Thirty days. Seven cities. One particular fixation: clam chowder. No one anticipated that I would do it.…

On Cape Cod, there is a time when a plate of baked stuffed clams arrives at a table and the conversation simply stops. This time usually occurs…

When Perry Raso first used his bare hands to remove a littleneck clam from Point Judith Pond, he was twelve years old. He was not given a…

Around the Portsmouth toll booths on I-95 North, there’s a moment when the atmosphere shifts. It’s subtle, like a little drop in temperature and a briny smell…

The way Pacific Seafood handled a $3.2 million environmental fine has an almost cinematic quality. Instead of remaining silent, issuing a cautious statement, pledging to take corrective…

In late March, while standing over a skillet in a South Louisiana kitchen, everything begins to make sense. The onions are becoming tender and golden, the butter…

You can eat well in some cities. Then there are cities where food ceases to be merely food and becomes something more like identity, where the water…

Watching a small restaurant close in a town like Stuart has a subtle, unsettling quality. Not because the news is announced loudly, but rather because it is…