Maryland Crab Chowder

One of the most distinctive specialties of Baltimore and Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay area is the thick, brilliant orange, peppery crab soup found in casual restaurants such as The Chesapeake, Copsey’s, and Courtney’s. And it was after consuming two bowls of the fiery potage at Copsey’s (followed by a little local country ham stuffed with greens) that I came up with the idea of converting the soup into a milky chowder. This, of course, changes the whole nature of the dish, but I’ve yet to have