Editing Rhode Island (section)

===Food and beverages===
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Rhode Island, like the rest of New England, has a tradition of [[clam chowder]]. Both the white New England and the red Manhattan varieties are popular, but there is also a unique clear-broth chowder known as ''Rhode Island Clam Chowder'' available in many restaurants. A culinary tradition in Rhode Island is the ''[[clam cake]]'' (also known as a clam fritter outside of Rhode Island), a deep fried ball of buttery dough with chopped bits of clam inside. They are sold by the half-dozen or dozen in most seafood restaurants around the state, and the quintessential summer meal in Rhode Island is chowder and clam cakes.

The [[hard clam|quahog]] is a large local clam usually used in a chowder. It is also ground and mixed with stuffing or spicy minced sausage, and then baked in its shell to form a ''[[stuffie]]''. [[Calamari]] (squid) is sliced into rings and fried as an appetizer in most Italian restaurants, typically served Sicilian-style with sliced banana peppers and marinara sauce on the side. (In 2014, calamari became the official state appetizer.<ref>{{citation |title= Calamari is now Rhode Island's official appetizer |date= June 27, 2014 |work= abc6.com |agency= AP |url= https://www.abc6.com/calamari-is-now-rhode-islands-official-appetizer/ |access-date= 2020-07-16 |archive-date= July 16, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200716183351/https://www.abc6.com/calamari-is-now-rhode-islands-official-appetizer/ |url-status= live }}</ref>) [[Clams Casino]] originated in Rhode Island, invented by Julius Keller, the [[Maître d'hôtel|maître d']] in the original Casino next to the seaside Towers in Narragansett.<ref name="Gourmet">Ruth Reichl, John Willoughby, Zanne Early Stewart The Gourmet Cookbook: More Than 1000 Recipes Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006 {{ISBN|0-618-80692-X}}, 9780618806928
1056 pages page 50 [https://books.google.com/books?id=PwJgZhXZVNkC&dq=clams+casino+rhode+island&pg=PA50 The Gourmet Cookbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101112942/https://books.google.com/books?id=PwJgZhXZVNkC&pg=PA50&dq=clams+casino+rhode+island |date=January 1, 2016 }}</ref> Clams Casino resemble the beloved stuffed quahog but are generally made with the smaller littleneck or cherrystone clam and are unique in their use of bacon as a topping.

The official state drink of Rhode Island is ''[[coffee milk]]'',<ref>{{cite web |author=RI.gov |url=http://www.ri.gov/facts |title=RI Government Facts and History |publisher=Ri.gov |date=July 20, 2000 |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117053431/http://www.ri.gov/facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a beverage created by mixing milk with coffee syrup. This unique syrup was invented in the state and is sold in almost all Rhode Island supermarkets, as well as its bordering states. [[Johnnycake]]s have been a Rhode Island staple since Colonial times, made with corn meal and water then pan-fried much like pancakes.

Submarine sandwiches are called ''grinders'' throughout Rhode Island, and the Italian grinder, made with cold cuts such as ham, [[prosciutto]], [[capicola]], [[salami]], and [[Provolone cheese]], is especially popular. [[Linguiça]] or [[chouriço]] is a spicy Portuguese sausage often served with peppers and eaten with hearty bread.