If you've ever had soft shell crab before, you already know the unbeatable dining experience it brings to the table. You can eat the whole thing, shell and all, enjoying every succulent bit of the ...

but it should be in whole cloves. Don’t use the crushed garlic sold in jars because it’s puréed too finely and often has a metallic taste. If you can’t find soft shell crabs (frozen ones ...

like blue crabs, in that they don’t have a uniformly hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells. Instead, hermit crabs have a hard exoskeleton on the front part of their bodies but a ...

This dish is a bit fiddly, as it takes a while to get all the crab meat from the shell, but the work is not difficult. Look for crabs that are lively and heavy, and buy them on the day you're ...

One of our favorite dishes, there’s something special about soft shell crabs, where you can get a little beastly because you eat the whole crab, shell and all! Soft shell crabs are named because ...