She-Crab Soup

Created a century ago at Everett’s Restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina, by the black chef William Deas, she-crab soup is not only the quintessential dish of the Carolina and Georgia Lowcountry but the true queen of all Southern soups. And if you think debate is hot over the correct way to prepare Kentucky burgoo, Creole gumbo, and Virginia Brunswick stew, you should hear the pundits on the topic of this silky, subtle, orangish, sherry-laced delicacy made traditionally