A walk to Pier 39 in San Francisco last summer took me to a nice little joint that served crab cakes and clam chowder round the clock. Crab cakes are homey food you can make on a busy week night in 20 mn, aioli included.

I browsed lots of recipes and this is kind of a hodgepodge of what I found, plus what I remember from my foray into a few restaurants round the Bay (yes, I'm obsessed with crab cakes and seafood. Guilty of all charges).

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