Clamming up in Cedar Key

Chef Peter Stefani’s Island Room Restaurant is scheduled to reopen Feb. 2.

(UF/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

Chicago Tribune

Jan. 12, 2018 9:22 AM PT

Visitors can get their fill of clams and other seafood in Cedar Key, Fla., part of the new Big Bend Shellfish Trail.

When pulled from the Gulf and exposed to air, hard clam shells oxidize to a darker shade. (Nancy Moreland/Chicago Tribune )

One of 13 offshore islands, Cedar Key has marshes, tidal creeks and estuaries that are home to shellfish and wildlife. (Nancy Moreland/Chicago Tribune )

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Clamming up in Cedar Key

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