Entertainer Taylor Hicks tastes his way across Maryland on a mission to assemble a plate of the state’s most iconic foods. Obviously, seafood is on the menu for this Mid-Atlantic state, so Taylor learns to make seafood coddies, goes fishing for blue crab on Chesapeake Bay, and tries his hand at farming oysters for the perfect oyster stew. In order to have something to accompany the seafood, Taylor is trained in the old-fashioned and time-consuming art of beating biscuits. Finally, he gets a lesson in constructing a classic, eight-layered Smith Island cake. It’s a heaping-helping of Maryland’s most delicious foods.

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Appetizer: Coddies
Bill’s Seasfood & Catering Company| Learn More

Entrée: Blue Crab
Coveside Crabs | Learn More

Side 1: Oyster Stew
Rock Lobstah Lobster Bar | Learn More

Side 2: Beaten Biscuits
Joyce White | Learn More

Dessert: Smith Island Cake
Mary Ada Marshall | Learn More

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