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 ...

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, ...

This video is no longer available. All this week we’ve brought you the series “Claws and Effect,” a deep dive on the crabs of the Chesapeake Bay, taking a look at crabs and the crab industry in its ...

Soft shell crabs are blue crabs that come from the Chesapeake Bay area and usually have two seasons, weather permitting. These are crabs that have recently molted and for the next few days their ...

“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 ...