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 ...

The soft-shell fishery is a special component of SCDNR’s overall blue crab fishery. Crabs are harvested using a peeler pot, or peeler. “They don’t have to have escape rings and all that a regular crab ...

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 ...

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 ...

This chef-favorite seasonal crab can be fried, grilled, and sautéed easily at home. The best part? You can eat the shell. Summer, sun, and soft-shell crabs — few combinations are as simple and ...

The fleeting soft-shell crab season is here again and Charleston's chefs are yearning to wow their patrons with different renditions of the sought-after crustacean. Soft-shell season comes around ...

New Jersey’s blue claw crab season for both soft and hard crabs is ongoing, with specific regulations and size limits. Soft shell blue claw crabs must be at least 3.5 inches from point to point and ...

One of the biggest down sides to a dismal coastal fall chinook season such as is sadly shaping up this year is the lack of salmon heads and carcasses. No, not the eggs (although, as one reader points ...

Q: I am looking for restaurants in South Florida that serve authentic soft-shell crabs, either fried or sauteed. All these crab boil places say they have them, but when you check the menu they don’t ...