Ever heard of Baltimore?
Did you see this story about crab cakes in the Post the other day? Seems like this writer never heard of Baltimore: "New York has pizza. Chicago has hot dogs. But perhaps no city has embraced a regional dish the way Washington has the crab cake."
As Dave Chappelle's Lil Jon says: WHAT!?
Sun reader Greg Kilduff dashed this note off to the writer: "Washington!?! Washington is the city best known for crab cakes!?! You have got to be kidding me. Are you goofy? Are you a carpetbagger from someplace else? I know it is the DC move to take credit for everything, but puh-lease. The city known for crab cakes is Baltimore, you know, as in the Maryland part of Maryland crab cakes? The worst crab cake in Baltimore is better than any of that overpriced, pretentious wanna-be crab cakes from DC. Up here, we usually laugh at your silly, self-important need to be the center of the universe, but you've gone too far. Get in your BMW or Audi or Lexus and drive up to Baltimore. Pick the first non-chain eatery you see and order a crab cake."







Comments
I don't think that Jane Black lives in the area (according to this bio that I linked to). Many people who don't live in the Baltimore or DC areas lump the two cities together as a single market. Of course, that doesn't excuse the Post copy editor's failure to correct her geographical ignorance.
http://www.spoke.com/info/p6Y9Uwv/JANEBLACK
Posted by: MCG | July 31, 2009 10:47 AM