Article: History on the half shell A folklorist studies a quaker community's traditional clambake

As a food ritual, the quintessentially New England clambake has everything: a deep-rooted historical importance, community pride, quirky local traditions, a festival atmosphere and a bountiful display of well-prepared regional foods. And although it might seem like an ordinary seacoast event -- in this region towns have staged clambakes since the 1800s -- from it you can piece together the fine details, the worries, the accomplishments -- even the economy -- of a any community that stages one.

Folklorist Kathy Neustadt did just that. In her book "Clambake: A Celebration of an American Tradition" (University of Massachusetts Press), which will be published next month, Neustadt compares ...

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