Island Creek Littleneck Clams with Confit Garlic, Chili & Olive Oil

About this gift

Story: This humble tin of clams represents so much more than just being the first off the line from our little cannery. It represents years of farming shellfish, dreaming big, eating boatloads of conservas, and most tenderly, friendship. The clams preserved in this tin were farmed by our drinking buddies and aquaculture legends at Cherrystone Aqua-Farms in Virginia. Skip considers the crew at Cherrystone to be some of the realest and baddest MF's in the industry who not only harvest hundreds of millions of shellfish a year, but also operate their own hatchery - another rare and masochistic feat in this field. Their decades of friendship, support, and willingness to collaborate had been incredibly humbling and validating for our own, once small and scrappy, oyster farm. We are honored to present our dear friends' harvest in our very first tin.

Producer: Island Creek Oysters

Where it's from: Cape Charles, VA; Tinned in New Bedford, MA

Why it’s unique: This is not only the VERY FIRST TIN to roll out of our New Bedford cannery, but one that is entirely produced in the USA using 100% traceable product, and that is canned in the European craft style, all by hand.