If you grew up not too far from the coast or from an amusement park, there’s also a good chance that you have happy memories of eating salt water taffy on vacation. Created the same year that the Brooklyn bridge and the first vaudeville theater opened, saltwater taffy is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

There is nothing quite like an oyster roast. Standing elbow to elbow with fellow oyster lovers we await the bounty about to be served; oyster knives at the ready, shucking gloves tucked in our belts, bowls of crimson hot sauce scattered across the rough-hewn tables. And then sometimes you find a pearl in your oyster...