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A Post-Thanksgiving Crab Crack

Cookbook authors Matt Lee and Ted Lee invite you to try their favorite holiday tradition: a Lowcountry crab party with friends.

Guests meander in for the daylong affair.
Photographer Tara Sgroi, Writer Julia Rutland

Invited Friends

Guests meander in for the daylong affair. Because there is always something good to talk about in South Carolina, there’s always something good to write about, and this party has drawn a creative crowd: Josephine (author of Rich in Love), Dottie Frank (Return to Sullivans Island), Patti Callahan Henry (Losing the Moon), Mary Alice Monroe (Last Light Over Carolina), and Nathalie Dupree (Shrimp and Grits Cookbook).

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For 20-plus years, Matt and Ted have made a November pilgrimage to the Johns Island, South Carolina, home that novelist Josephine Humphreys shares with her husband, Tom.

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Then there’s Dirty Rice—Matt and Ted’s must-have side dish—along with zesty carrot slaw, hearty hominy stew, and plum upside-down cake prepared in a cast-iron skillet.

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Guests meander in for the daylong affair.

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