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What more amazing thing could there be than a New England-style clambake, right here in the Midwest? The Lobster Guy of Point Judith, R.I., makes it easy, putting together a $267 dinner for six that includes: six 11Ú4-pound lobsters, six quarts of littleneck clams, six pieces of sausage wrapped in flounder fillet, plus red potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions and corn-on-the-cob. The food arrives in a tin that you can use for cooking. Order before 10 a.m. Eastern for next-day delivery. 866-788-0004; www.thelobsterguy.com.
— Bill Daley 
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