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Best of the Bay Recipes… Best of the Bay Recipes…
Capture the Flavors and Culinary Traditions of the Chesapeake Bay
Crab Cakes Recipe Crab Chowder Recipe
Oyster Fritters Recipe She Crab Soup Recipe
The culinary traditions of the Bay area have been influenced by history dating back hundreds of years. It was 1607 when Captain John Smith first saw the Chesapeake Bay at what was to become Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English Settlement. From the writings in his journal it is clear that these early settlers quickly recognized that they had landed in a paradise of riches. Smith quipped in his journal that the fish were so plentiful that they would simply catch them "with our frying pans." The Bay was abundant with crabs, clams, oysters and fish -- and the surrounding areas alive with wildlife.

But these early settlers were not the first to revel in its bounty. The Powhatans had long inhabited its shores, naming it "Tschiswapeki" or the "Great Shellfish Bay." The Native American women produced plentiful crops of corn, squash and beans and archeological digs of native villages discovered large quantities of shells revealing the Powhatan's love of oysters, clams and other shellfish. From this history the Chesapeake Bay area's cuisine has evolved.

Today, the Chesapeake Bay Cuisine is famous for its wealth of seafood: Crab Cakes, Oyster Stew, Steamed Crabs, She Crab Soup, Crab Chowder, Baked Stuffed Rockfish, Oyster Fritters and much more. These are the culinary favorites steeped in tradition and prepared with intense pride. The "locals" are perhaps the best known for their culinary love affair with the famous Blue Crab, so lets begin our exploration of the time-honored cooking traditions of the Chesapeake Bay with the ubiquitous Blue Crab.
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