I think it is safe to say that of the seafood varieties available to the Louisiana cook, crab holds first place by a mile.

Maryland is known for crab, including crab soup, which began as a tomato-based soup and has evolved to a cream of crab soup and the half and half, a mixture of cream of crab soup and Maryland crab ...

Its rich stock is crafted from beef bones ... France's bouillabaisse seafood soup, China's lanzhou beef noodle soup, Indonesia's soto ayam (chicken noodle soup), and Japan's iconic ramen.