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, ...

There are 4,500 known species of crabs, and many of them are edible. Here are the most delicious types of crabs to eat.

With a simple salad and craggy bread for dragging through the sauce, this meal feels like a neighborhood bistro special.

Happy New Year, newcomers! Welcome to our fine City by the Bay, where lemons grow on trees and fresh Dungeness crab is our favorite winter treat. San Francisco being the destination city it is, we're ...

Cooking crabs is not rocket science, but how you care for them and handle them can be the difference between a great meal and maybe a trip to the emergency room. Never cook a dead crab. If in doubt, ...

WASHINGTON — The local crab season is heating up, and fishmonger Danny Greenbaum says it’s going to be a great year for the beautiful Bay-area blues. “The water has been a little bit warmer so they’re ...

Scientists called for humane ways to handle crabs, lobsters, and other shellfish in the kitchen after showing for the first time that crustaceans indeed feel pain. Boiling lobsters and crabs alive has ...