September 2020 | Page 66

This page, clockwise from top: Volunteers rake rockweed atop the scalding-hot granite stones. Harleigh Oliveira and dad, Rick Oliveira, helped set up the bake. Jeff Louro, who assisted the fire crew, holds up a fresh-cooked lobster. Members of the crew place crates containing produce and meat bags, shellfish and lobsters atop the seaweed, then cover them with wet and dry tarps to trap in steam. 64 RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY l SEPTEMBER 2020