“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 ...

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, ...

1. Clean the soft shell crabs (or order pre-cleaned crabs from your fishmonger). 2. Place fish fry in a shallow bowl. 3. Pat cleaned crabs dry with a paper towel. Dredge crabs, one at a time, front ...

Call it the battle of the soft-shell crab. Quinn Hatfield, chef and co-owner of Hatfield’s, didn’t want them on his menu -- they’re best eaten simply, he thought, and he knew that they’d be so popular ...

To clean soft-shell crabs, hold the crab in one hand, and using a pair of kitchen scissors, cut off the front of the crab, about 1/2 inch behind the eyes and mouth. Squeeze out the contents of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whenever possible, soft-shell crabs should be purchased alive so they are at their freshest. Store live soft-shells uncovered in ...

“I would like to find whoever ‘invented’ the soft-shell crab sandwich and give that person a massive hug,” said Michel Nischan in Sustainably Delicious (Rodale). Maryland soft-shells are meant to be ...

Corn meal crusted soft shell crab sandwich, lemon mayonnaise, served with buttered fiddlehead ferns and breakfast radishes:Lemon mayonnaise:-3oz mayonnaise-Zest of 1 lemon-¾ tbsp lemon juice-Salt and ...

When Victor Scargle tasted his first soft-shell crab back in 1995, it was at the behest of some more senior chefs he was working with in a New York City seafood restaurant. Then a young, up-and-coming ...