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Article: History on the half shell A folklorist studies a quaker community's traditional clambake
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 1, 1992
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CopyrightCopyright 1992 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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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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