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Clam Cakes For Thanksgiving? RI Author Makes The Case
The communal consumption of clam-flavored doughnut holes is a near-sacred summer ritual in Rhode Island. But what about for Thanksgiving?

Jimmy Bentley is the field editor for Patch covering Rhode Island He spends most of his time covering Cranston, Coventry, Newport, Narragansett, South Kingstown, Newport, Portsmouth, North Kingstown, Bristol, Warren, Tiverton and Little Compton. He was a reporter at the Plympton-Halifax Express and interned for Patch while earning his master's at Emerson College. In his free time, Jimmy hits concerts (sometimes reviewing them for Patch), watches movies and plays in a kickball league.
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The communal consumption of clam-flavored doughnut holes is a near-sacred summer ritual in Rhode Island. But what about for Thanksgiving?

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