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    Orange Layer Cake, Beverly Guy

    ByKara November 10, 2025April 5, 2026

    When Maryland started enforcing car registration laws on Smith Island in 1973, Beverly Guy took it in stride, despite the hassle. Her 1966 Falcon had never been issued the proper inspection certificate. Dealers just didn’t bother when the cars they sold were headed for Smith Island. Between July and August of that year, Guy got…

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    Mrs. Kitching’s Clam Chowder

    ByKara September 3, 2015March 6, 2026

    To further emphasize my status as an unqualified Maryland food appreciator, I will confess that of all the seafood offerings at crab houses, I’ve consumed “New England” clam chowder the most in my lifetime. My love of crab came slowly (and I still haven’t caught the craze for oysters) but I will never turn down…

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