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  • Golden-baked crab burgers with melted cheese on toasted buns, featuring a classic mid-century recipe with creamy crab salad and cheese topping
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    “Crab Burgers“

    ByKara August 18, 2015March 5, 2026

    We had some crabs with friends and had a few leftovers. What a crisis! So many options. I usually have a weird hangup about combining crab-meat with cheese… it seems disrespectful or something. A few weeks ago we went to Gertrudes and they served some crab up on an English muffin with some melted cheese….

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  • Golden-brown crab cakes served with creamy dipping sauce on parchment paper
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    Edith Dyson’s  Crab Cakes

    ByKara June 5, 2015April 5, 2026

    I guess people do eat crabcakes in Maryland, occasionally. I have some opinions about crabcakes but I think I should leave them out of this. I do make crabcakes on occasion, particularly for special occasions, and often in miniature form so there is enough to go around. A pound of decent crabmeat will set you…

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  • Asparagus with crab flake in creamy sauce on white plate, elegant hotel-style seafood dish
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    Crab Flake Maryland, Charles Bitterli, Hotel Emerson

    ByKara March 22, 2015March 5, 2026

    I had some illustrious company and wanted to serve a classy meal. Where better to take cues from than the illustrious Hotel Emerson. Hotel Emerson by Aubrey Bodine @ MD Historical Society The hotel was the brainchild of Capt. Isaac Emerson, the man behind Bromo-Seltzer and its parent company, the Emerson Drug Co…the 220-foot-high, 17-story…

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