Some culinary experiences linger in your memory like a perfect sunset – and the she-crab soup at Lee’s Inlet Kitchen in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, is exactly that kind of haunting deliciousness.

Maryland’s culinary landscape is dotted with seafood treasures, but tucked away in Catonsville sits Ship’s Cafe Restaurant and Crab House, where the cream of crab soup achieves a level of perfection ...