Call it the battle of the soft-shell crab. Quinn Hatfield, chef and co-owner of Hatfield’s, didn’t want them on his menu -- they’re best eaten simply, he thought, and he knew that they’d be so popular ...

I so enjoy reading your column in the AJC. I recently went to AIX for the first time. It was truly an incredible experience. Every course was beautifully executed. I am a big fan of soft-shell crab ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ramps. Heirloom tomatoes. Soft-shell crabs. Some delicacies have extremely short seasons. Soft-shell crabs can look a little ...

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 ...

Soft-shell crab is one of the last live animals you’ll find in a grocery store. These days, the animals we purchase are dead and butchered, no longer resembling the wild beasts they once were.

Convenience foods have a horrible reputation, in most cases entirely justified. In the quest for ease, other attributes -- such as flavor -- get tossed willy-nilly by the wayside. But there is an ...

Place the peppers, Vidalia onion, and chili pepper on the grill over medium-hot coals, and cook until the peppers blister and turn dark brown. Remove the peppers and chili from the grill, and place in ...

In Austin, we are very good at brunch: making it, eating it and enjoying it. Eberly has joined the brunch scene and we were happy to have Chef De Cuisine Caeser Ortiz here to show us how to make their ...

“Tell people they can eat the whole thing,” one of my colleagues urged me when I told her I planned to write about soft-shell crabs. If you love blue crabs but are daunted by all that cracking and ...

Place the peppers, Vidalia onion, and chili pepper on the grill over medium-hot coals, and cook until the peppers blister and turn dark brown. Remove the peppers and chili from the grill, and place in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A whole deep fried soft shell crab on a roll with mayonnaise - Lauripatterson/Getty Images Soft shell crabs are a remarkable ...