The waffled sheets of potato in the otherwise terrific salmon napoleon are tough, and the she-crab soup lacks intensity.

The standout dish is the she-crab soup, although the baked trout gives it a run for its money; the crab cakes are widely approved.

The she-crab soup includes a tablespoon of butter, for example, but it is made from a base of evaporated skim milk and fish stock.

Ms. Wright recommended the she-crab soup, spiked with sherry and nutmeg.

She doesn't like to overindulge in her own she-crab soup; so much cream.

Starters include broiled clam bellies; Charleston she-crab soup; and fried oysters.

They ordered she-crab soup and lobster Newburg and porterhouse steaks for two.

If you want something heartier, there is the ubiquitous she-crab soup along with crisp cheese crackers called cheese buttons.

Then she headed into the kitchen, where she cast her eyes into a cauldron of she-crab soup.

A house specialty, she-crab soup, is creamy and rich but ruined by an overdose of nutmeg.