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  • Plated crab cakes with shredded squash side dish, served on blue napkin with fork and dark beverage
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    H. Franklyn Hall’s “Crab Cakes”

    ByKara October 31, 2020April 5, 2026

    H. Fryankln Hall is another black chef whose contribution to our dining culture should be recognized. This recipe is essentially a seafood pancake made with crab.

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  • Braised duck with orange slices, caramelized carrots, and herb rice on a blue plate, garnished with parsley
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    Braised Duckling Bigarrade, Fort Cumberland Hotel

    ByKara May 20, 2016January 13, 2019

    This is another recipe from the glamorous hotel era – this time from Cumberland, Maryland. At the time of the publication of “Eat, Drink & Be Merry in Maryland” in the 1930s, Cumberland was a booming town connecting the rest of Maryland to the west, particularly mineral-rich western Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Trains, the…

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