Few dishes are a better seafood showcase than crab cakes. Pleasurably soft, delightfully sweet, and featuring a nice dose of crab flavor, they're an excellent way to make use of the crustacean.

A plate of golden fried crab cakes with lemon slices and green salad - Bhofack2/Getty Images It's a beautiful thing when a region and its victuals are in complete symbiosis. Philadelphia has ...