NOW IS the time of year when blue crabs come out of their shells and steal the spotlight from their colder-weather counterparts. A seasonal delicacy, soft-shell crabs are the low-waste crustacean, ...

As I wrote in my latest column, for me, the feeling of spring (and now early summer) is brought about by eating crab more than any baby green vegetable. At restaurants in L.A., crab exists, of course, ...

I have always loved crabs, and this baked crab balls recipe is easy to make and perfect to bring to any gathering. We used fresh lump crab meat, so each crab ball makes the perfect bite. You’re going ...

Sheri Castle joins chefs Oscar Johnson and Daryl Cooper to make their favorite crab recipe. Sheri Castle joins chefs Oscar Johnson and Daryl Cooper to make chili crab, a favorite recipe that leans ...

Learn how to cook a giant invasive crab with step-by-step preparation, cleaning, and cooking tips — transforming this environmental pest into a flavorful and sustainable seafood dish.

“Tell people they can eat the whole thing,” one of my colleagues urged me when I told her I planned to write about soft-shell crabs. If you love blue crabs but are daunted by all that cracking and ...

Southerners love crabs—and we have plenty of delicious crab recipes to prove it. From crab cakes to claws to legs to salad, we can't get enough of this delicate, luxurious seafood. But when it comes ...

In the Dec. 24 "Seafood by the Season" column, we told you that lobster was great cooked in the microwave. As quick as the beep that sounds at the end of a cook cycle, hundreds of beeps went off in ...