PForget lobster rolls and crab cakes. The dish East Coast residents really clamor for are clam cakes and fritters. In Maine itamp39s a deepfried clam patty in Virginia a clamfilled pancake in Southern New England clam doughnut holes that are a summer sacrament despite their bad nutrition frequent greasiness and limited availability or actually maybe because of those things. The Great Clam Cake and Fritter Guide digs into the origins of these cultish regional treats profiles 50 of the best clamcakefrittermaking restaurants and shacks and details the most significant artistic and event tributes to this food on Family Guy in Don Bousquet cartoons and a Pulitzer Prizewinning short story among others. Doityourselfers will delight in the bookamp39s bike and car clam cake crawl itineraries guides to cakeside beaches and 20plus recipes. The Great Clam Cake and Fritter Guide is the definitive clam cakefritter history cookbook and travel guidebook and your dream of lounging around beautiful seacoast settings stuffing your face with delicious fried seafood come truePPPPP