Connecticut
4 dishes from Connecticut, cooked the way the place cooks them.
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4 dishes from Connecticut, cooked the way the place cooks them.
Warm picked lobster turned through melted butter off the heat and piled into a griddled split-top roll — no mayonnaise, no celery, and nothing else in the bun.
A thick beef patty cooked through in a steam cabinet instead of on a griddle, with a block of sharp cheddar melted to a sauce in its own tray and poured over it.
A yeast-raised fruited loaf, spiced with nutmeg and mace, wetted with brandy and wine and frosted white — the Connecticut election-day cake, cut down from eight pounds of flour to one loaf.
A thin, blistered, coal-dark crust with no tomato on it at all: littleneck clams shucked raw over the dough, their liquor, garlic, oregano, grated cheese and olive oil.