Rhode Island is the smallest of the United States, although it can boast of having the biggest official name. Rhode Island is known as The Ocean State because it has a large coastline and the sea features largely in its economy and daily life.

New Hampshire does not have the same reputation for seafood as Massachusetts or Maine, but it does have an ocean side –mind, only 13 miles (about 20 Km) long- and you can expect much of the cod, fried clams, lobster and oyster than the rest of New England. Lobster rolls are a big deal. Other New Hampshire favorites include wild blueberries, fresh produce, home-baked breads and muffins, Necco wafers and pies of all sorts.

The first Thanksgiving - consider it the first big food event in the United States- was celebrated in Massachusetts in 1621. The Mayflower and the Pilgrims arrived in 1620. They had brought supplies and seeds, but when they landed at Plymouth it was too late in the season to harvest any food. The soil and climate in the new land was not ad to some of their crops anyway.