Ramps. Heirloom tomatoes. Soft-shell crabs. Some delicacies have extremely short seasons. Soft-shell crabs can look a little intimidating...especially with their little spider-like legs intact. But ...

A whole deep fried soft shell crab on a roll with mayonnaise - Lauripatterson/Getty Images Soft shell crabs are a remarkable dining experience. Unlike regular old hard shell crabs, you can eat soft ...

Convenience foods have a horrible reputation, in most cases entirely justified. In the quest for ease, other attributes -- such as flavor -- get tossed willy-nilly by the wayside. But there is an ...

Will Judd is something of an eating Olympian. Not so much a competitive eater in a speed sense, the local engineer is more of a feats of strength eater. He tends to challenge himself to endurance ...

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 ...

Delicate soft-shell crabs, a sign of the season, are available now at Euclid Fish Co., Heinen’s and other markets having fish departments. Like asparagus, rhubarb and ramps, their season is a short ...

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 ...

The soft-shell crab is a magic trick of nature – a springtime miracle in which the Chesapeake blues turn so tender you can cut a lightly fried jumbo with a fork. Rather than knuckle down to a ...

The last two weeks of April are filled with anticipation for seafood mongers, chefs and foodies alike. Trolling the waters around the North Carolina coast, fishermen are hoping to see the signs of ...

Summer 'tis the season for soft shell crab on Staten Island The soft shell crab season comes into full swing finally. Oh, yes — those tender sea critters pack so much crab flavor yet are so easy to ...

Soft shell crabs are a remarkable dining experience. Unlike regular old hard shell crabs, you can eat soft shell crabs whole, chowing down on the shell and all. If you've never tried soft-shell crab ...