* Maryland Crab Bowl ( Washington, DC vs. Baltimore, Maryland )

* The Maryland Blue Crab

Many of the island's inhabitants worked as watermen in the expanding seafood industry capitalizing on the Chesapeake's supply of Maryland Blue Crab, Rockfish, and oysters.

Crab cakes are traditionally associated with the area surrounding the Chesapeake Bay, in particular the state of Maryland and the city of Baltimore.

Maryland Crab Cakes are the national food of The Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a horse race that is run on the third Saturday of May each year.

Fallon's younger sister Mary Alice Fallon-Yeskey appears in the Food Network reality show Ace of Cakes as office manager of Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, Maryland.

His favorite food is Crab Cakes.