Rhode Island’s calamari featured on Road Food

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There is a new show on PBS that is gaining popularity, and Rhode Island is featured in the third episode.

“Roadfood: Discovering America One Dish at a Time” is the latest food show in a plethora of food shows...and it’s a good one.

Featuring everything from Louisiana gumbo and Texas barbeque, host Misha Collins has discovered Rhode Island calamari -- thanks to our own Calamari Kid, Rep. Joseph McNamara of Warwick.

Warwick’s representative praises the mighty squid to the hilt, and even cracks a joke about it being “squid pro quo.”

In a scene with Collins and McNamara, the TV host is visually surprised to learn from the Warwick Representative that calamari is the official state appetizer.

The episode features O’Rourke’s and Iggy’s in Warwick, two of the most popular restaurants in the state where calamari is featured.

Collins takes us to Fearless Fish, a direct-to-consumer fish market, where Stu Meltzer shows him his delicacy, a warm squid salad, and to Sea Fresh a Fish Processing Plant. He also interviews squid fisher man, Capt. Jason Sawyer.

There are beautiful scenes of the Rhode Island coastline, and interesting conversations with the locals.

The program can be seen on both Rhode Island and Boston PBH channels. Check it out online at RoadFood.com.

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