Sentence examples for cherrystone from inspiring English sources

The northern quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria), also known as the cherrystone clam, littleneck clam, or hard-shell clam, and the southern quahog (M. campechiensis) belong to the family of venus clams (Veneridae).

She did: cherrystone clams and a peanut-butter sandwich on rye.

An array of live shellfish (cherrystone clams, little necks, steamers, oysters, mussels) were on ice in a self-serve "salad bar," along with fresh trout ($6 a pound), whole red snapper ($8 a pound) and bronzini ($8 a pound).

Nicola Di Palma, who runs the kitchen, is the kind of conscientious cook who cracks open his cherrystone clams fresh, because, he said, although steaming them is easier, "you steam away all the flavor".

The three that we tried were all creamy, rich and tasty: New England clam chowder with cherrystone clams and applewood bacon, sherry-spiked lobster bisque and seafood gumbo featuring clams, shrimp, crayfish and andouille sausage.

As the mounds of cherrystone shells grew, so did the family business, adding on a formal Italian restaurant that served pasta, broiled seafood and other Helen Randazzo recipes.

A single bite of cloudlike scallop-and-lobster dumpling in cherrystone-scented soup testifies to the benefits of the process.

A cloudlike scallop-and-lobster dumpling in cherrystone-scented soup is a jewel box of immense intensity and diminutive size: a flavor haiku, much harder to create than to eat.

Head to Chauncey Creek (16 Chauncey Creek Road, Kittery Point, 001 207 439 1030, chaunceycreek.com), a simple BYO shack on a pontoon off route 103, for £2 clam chowder, half a dozen cherrystones (large clams) at £4 and, if you're still hungry after that, lobster at market price.

Small quahogs are called "cherrystones".

For supper, we have corn from the farm stand, cherrystones and grilled tuna for the grownups, and hamburgers for the children.