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 ...

That's because crab shells contain a lot of flavor ... before you throw them in the pot with your aromatics. Breaking the shells up allows more surface area to steep in the stock, extracting ...

If I had to choose one type of crustacean to eat for the rest of my life, it would be crab. I love all crab dishes, even those made with the canned stuff - although fresh is so much better.

But as many try to find ways to deal with the growing trash that litter our shorelines, hermit crabs have taken to using the waste as homes, creating plastic shells from the waste we leave behind.

Carefully blot up as much moisture as possible from the crabs – not just from the surface but also under the back shells (this will save you from some of the splatters that are inevitable when ...