Maryland

• Baltimore Pit Beef, Charred Outside and Rare Through the Middle

  A top round rubbed with salt and paprika, burned black over open charcoal in under an hour, shaved paper-thin and piled on a kaiser roll with raw onion and a cold horseradish sauce.

  Total

  1 hr 30 min

  Serves

  8

  Calories

  520 per serving

• Maryland Crab Soup, Red and Built on the Shells

  A beef broth run through crab shells, loaded with corn, lima beans, cabbage, potato and tomato, and given its crab meat in the last five minutes.

  Total

  3 hr 45 min

  Serves

  8

  Calories

  300 per serving

• Maryland Steamed Blue Crabs with Old Bay

  Two dozen live crabs stacked above a half inch of vinegar and water, seasoned between every layer, steamed twenty-five minutes and tipped out onto newspaper.

  Total

  40 min

  Serves

  4

  Calories

  310 per serving

• Maryland Crab Cakes, Jumbo Lump and Almost No Filler

  A pound of jumbo lump crab held together with half a cup of cracker crumbs and one egg, shaped by hand and run under the broiler so nothing ever has to be flipped.

  Total

  55 min

  Serves

  4

  Calories

  280 per serving

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