Last year, Maine fishermen pulled $456 million worth of lobster out of the ocean, and a good deal of it ended up in a hot dog bun. Here in New England, the lobster roll is a summer tradition, but if you ask 100 chefs how to make one, you’ll get 100 different answers.
With the unofficial start of summer finally upon us, we sent Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd to the coast in search of the perfect lobster roll.
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- Peter O’Dowd, assistant managing editor at Here & Now. He tweets @odowdpeter.
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