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

Soft-shell crabs are deliberately taken out of the water during or, more commonly, right before they shed. Once their shells ...

Soft Shell Crabs: Where to get this summer special on Staten Island. Published: Jun. 11, ... Do you like your soft shells fried to a crispy crunch served on a soft roll with tartar sauce?

It’s time to roll out the red carpet for soft shell crabs, a mid-Atlantic delicacy that becomes available when Chesapeake Bay blue crabs molt from their hard shells each year. D.C. chefs prepare the ...

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.

Crispy soft shell crab joins sweet chili sesame mazemen (brothless ramen), scallion, beni shoga, and a heap of noodles for one filling entree ($25). On the sushi side, crispy soft crab stars in a ...

The Love roll, featuring soft-shell crab, eel, salmon, tuna, avocado, cucumber and two sauces, at Nanami Cafe in Fells Point (Kendyl Kearly/Staff) Nanami Cafe.

The No. 1 rule of soft shell crab season is that soft shell crab season is fleeting. A restaurant may post a special dish at 5 p.m. and run out of the good stuff by 6 p.m.

The Hurricane Alley’s soft shell crab king sandwich, photographed on Friday, July 21, 2023. It is breaded and deep-fried with a spicy remoulade sauce served on a Kaiser roll.

“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 ...