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.

Soft-shell crabs are one of the wonders of the culinary world, with their pliable, fully edible shells. What gives them their smooth texture?

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 ...

“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 ...

Soft shell crab is not a unique crab species. In fact, the ones you find on restaurant menus are usually blue crabs. Instead, ...

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Folklore says that just after the first full moon in the month of May, the Chesapeake Bay blue crab sheds its hard shell to grow a bigger one for summer time, leaving a thin and malleable soft ...

Soft shell crab sliders are on the menu at the glitzy French restaurant downtown. They get a kick from chile garlic pickles and house tartar sauce. The sliders are featured on the bar menu (at the bar ...

Soft-shell crabs are back on Charleston restaurant menus. Here are the best places to dine on crab in Charleston: Fleet Landing, The Ordinary, 167 Raw & CudaCo.

Folklore says that just after the first full moon in the month of May, the Chesapeake Bay blue crab sheds its hard shell to grow a bigger one for summer time, leaving a thin and malleable soft ...