Sandy's Lobster

After a summer stuck in the city, we were finally going to feast.

My mother spent childhood summers in Maine, which may account for her near fanatical adoration of the lobster. I’ve never seen anyone eat one like she did—I don’t think anyone has.

Sandy Schoenfein insisted that a crustacean under two pounds wasn’t worth bothering with, and if you were planning to put as much energy into consuming one as she was, then yo…