Clams casino

Clams casino is a clam "on the halfshell" dish with breadcrumbs and bacon. It originated in Rhode Island in the United States. It is often served as an appetizer in New England and is served in variations nationally.

Ingredients

The dish uses littlenecks or cherrystone clams. Other basic ingredients include butter, peppers, bacon and garlic.Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, white wine, lemon juice, and shallots or onion are also used.Tabasco sauce is sometimes added, and parsley is sometimes used as a garnish.

Preparation

The clams, bacon, and other ingredients are cooked in various ways depending on the recipe, and then added with breading to half the clam shell and baked or broiled (grilled from above) to a golden brown.

There are many variations on the dish, but the constant factor is the bacon: "Bacon remains the major key to its success", with some chefs recommending smoked bacon for its salty flavor and others advocating an unsmoked variety.

History

According to legend, the recipe for clams casino was originally developed in 1917 in the Little Casino in Narragansett, Rhode Island, by a maître d'hôtel for a woman of means wanting something special for her guests.Good Housekeeping Great American Classics attributes the dish to Mrs. Paran Stevens and maître d'hôtel Julius Keller. She named the dish after the hotel, and word and popularity of the dish has since spread across the United States, including New Orleans, where oysters are substituted for clams. Clams casino remains a very popular dish in Rhode Island, "appearing on almost every menu".

Clams Casino (musician)

Michael Volpe, better known by his stage name Clams Casino, is an Italian-American hip hop producer based in Nutley, New Jersey. He has produced tracks for A$AP Rocky,Lil B, and Mac Miller. He has also remixed works by Big K.R.I.T.,Washed Out, and Lana Del Rey.

Career

Clams Casino's official debut EP Rainforest was released in 2011. His Instrumentals mixtape was released in March of the same year, followed by the release of Instrumentals 2 in 2012 and Instrumentals 3 in 2013. The mixtapes were distributed for free through his website.

Clams Casino contributed a score for Locomotor, a work choreographed by his cousin Stephen Petronio.

Musical Style

Clams Casino's music has been described as "[bringing] together conventional hip-hop drums, a sensitive ear for off-to-the-side melodies, and an overdose of oddly moving atmosphere." Associated genres include Witch House, Cloud Rap, and "Based" music.

Discography

Mixtapes