Dungeness crab [ CANCER MAGISTER ] Despite their clunky armor and spiky claws, Dungeness crabs of the Pacific coast walk with the light-footed grace of dancers.

Here's when and where to source Dungeness crab, how to break it down, and what utensils you'll need. Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Christine Keely ...

For the perfect homemade crab cakes, you'll want to use the most optimum crab meat possible. Here's the best kind of crab to ...

Dungeness crab: Where to eat, buy NOW in the Bay Area ... “It’s easy to split a crab in half and each child has his own set of legs and claws and half the body,” he says. Ice it: ...

The best Dungeness crab I’ve ever had was going on 10 years ago, out at La Push, inside a tiny cabin at the Quileute resort in the dead of winter. It was our first weekend trip together.

Stock 1–2 Tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 onion, diced 1 rib celery, diced 1 small carrot, diced 1 Tablespoon tomato paste 1 pound shrimp, shelled (reserve the meat for later) 1 large or 2 small ...

Prized for flaky, sweet, juicy meat, Dungeness crab ranges from 7 to 9 inches in width and 1 1/2 to 2 pounds in weight. Related: The Complete Guide to Dungeness Crab For more Food & Wine news ...

Dungeness crab has been a holiday tradition in the Bay Area since the ... Crabs are known to scatter around the bottom of the sea with their pincer-like claws and selectively eat their ...

SAN FRANCISCO — “Christmas Crab” is on the way to a market or restaurant menu near you, as crab fishers spent Sunday hauling up traps full of the Dungeness variety from the ocean floor, and ...

“It’s our first opportunity for fresh crab, so we grab that; in fact, 80% of the crab will be harvested in the first four or five weeks," Fick explained.

The competition for Dungeness crab is fierce, partly because the fishery is so extremely efficient. Biologists estimate that 80% to 90% of the eligible crabs (basically, sexually mature males) are ...