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Northshore October 2025
Probably you may not have given much thought to fish and chips. There’s nothing flashy or exotic about a few slabs of battered fish served with a heap of French fries. It’s a staple on menus up and down the New England coast—simple, extraordinarily tasty, and available just about everywhere.  However, this basic, ubiquitous meal has a deep history, hailing back as far as the 15th century, when Jewish refugees, fleeing persecution in Spain and Portugal, made their way to England, bringing with them their tradition of frying fish dusted with flour on Fridays. Meanwhile, in Belgium in the late 1600s (or maybe France in the 1700s—
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