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David Norton Stone is a graduate of Bishop Hendricken High School, Yale University, Navy Officer Candidate School and the University of Connecticut School of Law. He lives in Warwick, Rhode Island. He is the author of Trial of Honor: A Novel of a Court-Martial and Clamcake Summer: One Man Eats Every Clamcake in Rhode Island (Or Dies Frying).

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	Clamcake Summer: One Man Eats Every Clamcake in Rhode Island 3.53 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lost Restaurants of Providence 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Newport is Burning : The Gilded Age Fires of Kate Judd 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Stuffie Summer: One Man Eats Every Stuffed Quahog In Rhode Island (And He's Not Clamming Up About It) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chowder Summer: One Man Eats Rhode Island, Manhattan and New England 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hawaii, Rhode Island: 41 Surprising Connections Between the Aloha State and the Ocean State 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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2015: The Clamcake Year in Review

In 2015, we said goodbye to some old favorites and welcomed a few additions to the world of Rhode Island clam shacks.

7 Seas Chowder House in Warwick near Rocky Point is listed on a few online sites as "permanently closed". I will miss its screened dining room decorated with potato sacks from all those spuds used in the chowder.

Yesterday's in Newport is now itself a nostalgia piece. Since 1974, i Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 02, 2016 10:07 • Tags: clamcake, clams, food, newport, quahog, rocky-point

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The Pumpkin Spice Café (Dream Harbor, #1)

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