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 ...

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 ...

Clams casino is just as delicious on the Pacific coast as on the Atlantic, and maybe better, because we can use Manila clams. It’s midwinter, and Manila clams are at their plumpest and sweetest right ...

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 ...

“There is often a misunderstanding that clambakes have to be messy meals, which are not suited for weddings. With the proper tools and planning, this is not the case,” says catering director Amanda ...

Years in the making, Speaks Clam Bar opened on St. Armands Circle, just a short walk from the sands of Lido Beach, right in the middle of summer’s dreadful red tide bloom. That put a halt to the ...

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 ...

IPSWICH (CBS) - It Happens Here, in Ipswich. Known for its famous clams, beautiful beach, and more first period historic homes than anywhere in the country, in the video above Chris McKinnon explores ...

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 ...

The Massachusetts landscape is dotted with small towns to explore, but few are as charming as Ipswich. Located along the coast just an hour north of Boston, Ipswich is nestled in one of the most ...

On July 3, devoted devourers of the mighty, mouth-watering mollusk celebrate National Fried Clam Day, but here on Cape Cod every day is fried clam day. “I've been cooking fried clams on the Cape for ...

When Doug Bell and Jeff Gagnon opened DJ’s Clam Shack in Key West in 2009, they wanted to represent the best of all possible seafood worlds. They wanted to serve bowls of New England clam chowder and ...