Maryland blue crab is sourced directly from Chesapeake Bay. Our "authentic" crab cake recipes always include Old Bay seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, and mustard. In Charleston, their crab cakes also feature a lot of fresh jumbo lump crab meat, mayo, herbs (parsley, dill, etc.) and at times hot sauce or cayenne pepper to give it a good kick. Another noteworthy difference, Charleston crab cakes are almost always pan-fried/seared, never baked.