Welcome To The Clam Capital Of America

Summer is here, and for years, Dan has spent part of his summer in New England visiting family and friends. This week he’s visiting two New England summer institutions. First is Woodman’s—known as the place where fried clams were invented—in Essex, Massachusetts, the clam capital of America. Dan chats with the owner, Steve Woodman, about the origin of their fried clams, and sits down for a meal with someone who's been coming to Woodman’s for decades: his mom. Then, Dan heads to Grace Church on Martha’s Vineyard, which has some of his favorite lobster rolls of all time. While there, Dan finds out a shocking secret about these very special lobster rolls.

This episode was produced by Dan Pashman, Anne Saini, Ngofeen Mputubwele, Emma Morgenstern, and Andres O’Hara. It was engineered by Jared O’Connell and edited by Peter Clowney and Kameel Stanley.

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