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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.

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.
Photographer Tara Sgroi, Writer Julia Rutland

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The menu features a Lowcountry bounty, including hot boiled blue crabs caught in the Stono River, upstream about 6 miles as the crow flies. 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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Standing around the makeshift plywood table, they roll up their sleeves and cheerfully dive into a pile of cooked crabs.

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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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