Crab dip isn’t an appetizer here. It’s the reason you showed up.
It hits the table bubbling, everyone leans in, and for a minute nothing else matters.
Crackers, bread, whatever’s within reach, it’s all just a vehicle. You don’t pace it. You go in heavy and figure it out later.
Dock bars, back porches, paper plates, and that one dish that never lasts as long as it should. Born on the Bay and carried into every room that knows what’s good. Somewhere between that first scoop and the last scrape, the day shakes off and things level out.
Simple rule. If there’s crab dip, you’re staying a while. Inhale crab dip. Exhale negativity.