A SEE FOOD DIET OF SEAFOOD (& WINE!)
The history of seafood in America is forever and indelibly linked to the history of Virginia. On April 26, 1607, Captain Christopher Newport and the Virginia Company colonists, including 104 men and boys, had been crammed in three small ships for almost five months sailing from England, landed at present day Cape Henry in Virginia Beach. Their charter from King James I instructed them to find a water route to Asia, gold, and other riches. There wasn’t a shortcut to Shanghai,
