Everyone that I know in Maryland has their own special recipe for Crab Dip. It usually starts with cream cheese, maybe sour cream, maybe mayonnaise, Old Bay, salt & pepper, butter, cheddar cheese, crab meat, green onion, bread crumbs, probably garlic, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, possibly hot sauce. Some people like to get fancy and add in diced ham and peppers as well as other cheeses, like pepper jack or parmesan. Anyway, it's all stirred up, topped with more cheese and then baked in the oven and finally served with crackers or crusty bread.
My sister makes the best crab dip in the universe but she punked out on me on this trip and tried to pass off some new dip called 'Pizza Dip' which had no crab in it and instead diced pepperoni?!? Ok, whatever.
When I went out to my steamed crab dinner, we decided to start with a crab dip appetizer. Thank God. It was terrific. I am a huge fan of cheese, especially melted, so I could always use more cheese, but it was a tasty app nonetheless.
But the BEST part of the meal, and my entire trip, by far, was the Hot Steamed Crabs. I haven't had them in a couple of years and I had forgotten how delicious they are. They are actually hot to the touch and COVERED in Old Bay. (It's practically like salt and pepper in Baltimore.)
After cracking open one crab, I was an absolute mess, crab mustard in my hair, something spicey in my eye. But it was so worth it. And it explains why even the fanciest restaurant lays newspaper down on their tables. After a while, the table was decimated and crab carnage was everywhere. All the tummies at my table were full.
A good night was had by all, except for the two dozen crabs.
Love,Rebecca
Actually , I take them. But she supplies some of the funny faces. 
Love that lady...
There's are two kinds of crab soup in Maryland. There might be other kinds in other places but it really doesn't mean anything because there are only two kinds in Maryland. There is Cream of Crab which, as indicated by the name, is a heavy cream based soup. And then there's Maryland Crab Soup which is pictured above. It's a lighter tomato based, veggie broth deal. Seasoned with Old Bay and full of vegetables and chunks of backfin crab meat. And if you're lucky, NO SHELLS!!!!
Do you remember the time that I told you that I had never really had authentic Mexican food until I moved to California? And that I thought Mexican food was Taco Bell and Chili's? Well, here you go...
I don't remember Rita's being that popular when I lived in Baltimore but I guess I've been gone a while now. So when I begged my mom to take my to the snowball stand, she insisted that I have Rita's. I'd like to think it was because she thought I needed to try a new culinary experience representative of the current foodie scene in Baltimore, but when I begged for a snowball, she said 'Put on your big-girl-panties and try the damn custard' so I figured out that it was just her favorite place to go. She also promised that if I quit whining, she'd take me for a snowball later. Hurray!
I chose the chocolate/vanilla swirl, not the non-fat option. You can also get fruit slushie flavors with a swirl of the custard in it. I don't know, is that weird? I just stuck with the custard because I knew that I was going to get the snowball later. 
Anyway, it was great frozen custard. Cool and creamy. It didn't feel too fatty, kinda light. If I lived there, I would probably go back. Yum! 