He’ll serve them on a potato roll with sliced lemon, dill pickles, and tartar sauce made with pickled ramps (“I had to go for it,” Merwin says sheepishly), all for six clams apiece. If you’re not a ...

Let’s admit it, here in the SouthCoast there is quite an addiction to fried clams. It’s a nostalgic taste of summertime when you bite into those perfectly fried morsels. Did you know there was a ...

Craving real coastal flavor? Explore Massachusetts clam shacks known for crispy clam bellies, salty breezes, and lines of ...

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 ...

Whole fried clams are a New England treasure, a bit crunchy, a bit juicy, a bit chewy, a bit pricey and a mixed bag nutritionally. But they’re also a bit of heaven; lovers of these golden-fried ...

There is something about crispy seafood dipped in tartar sauce that just screams summertime. It's a SouthCoast tradition to head out to a local clam shack and get your battered seafood that is fried ...

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 ...

Don’t think that fried seafood is just a summer thing. We’re New Englanders, and we can indulge pretty much year-round, even when some of our favorite seasonal places say goodbye at the end of the ...

The start of summer means New England clam shacks are reopening for the season, vats filled with oil and frying up clams for the masses. These eateries, ingrained with history, character and nostalgia ...