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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Peachy's Pantry: Whom You Know Kicks Off Our Coverage of Legal Sea Foods and We Highly Recommend the New England Clam Chowder: It is the Best in Manhattan!


As you avid Whom You Know readers know, Peachy Deegan is not really a New Yorker. Many people that live in Manhattan now did not grow up here, like Peachy. During the many years that Peachy Deegan has lived in Manhattan, she has searched high and low for something like Legal Sea Foods Clam Chowder but it is not to be found in Manhattan. In Manhattan we can find many lovely lobster bisques and the like, but true New England Clam Chowder is missing here.  We have been starving for it!

Every Friday at Boston College, in the dining hall Legal Seafood Clam Chowder was served.  You know she was eating it every week, for three and a half years.  Before college Peachy didn't even eat the clam chowder that came in the can as she does not care for it, but this all changed with the Legal Seafood Clam Chowder experience. We really miss it and in the depths of winter we want to bring your attention to the fact that you can have this fabulous item in Manhattan through the beauty of ordering online and delivery!   Of course it is under gourmet gifts but if you are braving this cold and wind surely you deserve a nice lunch-a great gourmet gift to yourself and others!

We will first concentrate on the original! Sometimes the Best of Manhattan has to come from Boston, and it is true in this case. The Best Clam Chowder here in Manhattan is Legal Sea Foods. It can be found in the Chowder Sampler, and we will also tell you about the two accompanying Chowders in subsequent posts. 


Full of tender Cape Cod clams, cream and herbs, delightfully overflowing with clams and herbs, this New England Clam Chowder is definitely like nothing you have experienced in Manhattan. All chowders are made fresh daily.   With a fish chowder base (fish bones, water, carrot, onion, butter, flour, starch, salt and pepper), pork salt, garlic with oil flour, clam broth powder, worceshire sauce, tabasco sauce, chopped clams, salt, black pepper, light cream, diced onion, potato and water it will warm your heart and spirit.  It has a shelf life of 4 days but if you have taste buds it will hardly last 2 days in your refrigerator!   The flavor, authenticity, creaminess and pure delight of Legal Sea Food Clam Chowder are a must have to get through this winter.  Order now!  Whom You Know Highly Recommends New England Clam Chowder by Legal Sea Foods.

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About Legal Sea Foods:

The secret of success for a family of restaurants fifty years in the making in the ultra-competitive world of upscale dining - “If it isn’t fresh, it isn’t Legal!”

Legal Sea Foods, Inc. has set the standard for quality and freshness in the seafood and restaurant business and has long proven that a consistent, high quality dining experience never goes out of style. If there’s ever a doubt, the wait lines outside of its restaurants attest to its enduring appeal.

Seafood is synonymous with Boston and Legal Sea Foods is Boston's most famous seafood restaurant. Yet it all started from modest means. In 1968, George Berkowitz opened a restaurant adjacent to his fish market in Cambridge. Although the trappings weren’t fancy – paper plates and picnic tables were in plenty – the seafood was second to none and word spread quickly. This early success paved the way for the family philosophy: Legal must remain primarily a fish company, though also in the restaurant business.

Legal Sea Foods prefers buying product from fishermen who operate day boats. Otherwise, it buys fish that is “top of catch” or hauled on-board boats just before landing. This practice is costly, but Legal won’t do it any other way. Exerting more time, money and effort on assuring quality than any other company in the business, Legal has been professionally and scientifically guaranteeing food safety to such an extent that the U.S. government asked them to spearhead a project that today is known as HACCP -- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points. This inspection and testing program is just now being introduced to the general population of seafood dealers but Legal has been practicing its principles for years.

Legal Sea Foods has cast a wider net and now operates 30 locations up and down the eastern seaboard in addition to catering and mail order divisions. The “Legal Legend” has garnered scores of honors and awards including “Best Seafood Restaurant in America” – NBC Today Show; “Top 10 Tried-and-True Restaurants in America” – Bon Appetite Magazine; “Best Seafood Restaurant in Boston” – Zagat Report. Recognition for food quality and safety were bestowed most notably by The New York Times and National Geographic. Even US Presidents have given their bi-partisan seals of approval. Legal’s clam chowder has been served at every inauguration since 1981.

National audiences have fallen for Legal hook, line and sinker. George’s son, Roger, is now at the helm working hard to make sure the company continues to live up to its proud tradition and core values. 

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