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Recipe: Crab and Corn Fritters

Why dilute perfectly good crab meat with cracker crumbs when you can make Crab and Corn Fritters? This recipe is particularly good right now, when fresh corn is in season. Makes about 20 fritters. Ingredients: Corn kernels from 2 ears … Continue reading

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Buying crab off the boat in San Francisco

On my February trip to San Francisco I was able to buy a live Dungeness crab directly off the fishing boat at Fisherman’s Wharf. This is news: first because the crab season is frequently curtailed by insufficient breeding stock (this … Continue reading

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Recipe: Soft Shell Crab with Caper Butter

Soft shell crabs are blue crabs harvested during molting season. They have a mild crabby flavor and a pleasant crunch; it’s nice to just chomp into a crab instead of fighting the shell to get the flesh out. Here is … Continue reading

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