Let’s put it this way: Many New Englander couples use the back of their wedding licenses to record important dates in the life of the marriage. On the backside of Lawrence “Chubby” and Bessie ...

TOHP Burnham Public Library is the public library for the Cape Ann town of Essex. Built in 1893 and a gift of Essex resident Thomas Oliver Hazlett Perry Burnham (his business card was reportedly an ...

When I was a kid, I thought clams were irregular, long rubbery strips of sweet protein covered in cornmeal breading. It wasn’t my fault. Even though I grew up on the Eastern Shore, my parents grew up ...

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, Fork in the Road’s handy list of some of our favorite dishes — old standbys and new finds alike — compiled daily. These clams are certainly no bargain at $16 for ...

The fried clam is a New England delicacy, with its creation being traced back to Essex, Massachusetts, on July 3, 1916. That’s when Lawrence “Chubby” Woodman, founder of Woodman’s of Essex, decided to ...

Oysters get all the glory, and I understand that. I can rhapsodize about this oyster’s salinity, that oyster’s minerality, the depth of the cup, the sheen of the mantle. But give me a clam any day. Do ...

Rolling along traffic-choked Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre, you don’t expect to see many eateries from the 1930s—and even though Long Beach is a mere five miles south, you certainly don’t expect ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fried Ipswich Clams, the New England delicacy, are now on the lunch and dinner menus at Bluewater Grill restaurants in Newport Beach, Redondo Beach, Tustin, ...