Cooking with canned crab taught me a nifty new pasta trick
One night, I was jonesing hard for any sort of seafood pasta. Clam linguine, shrimp fra diavolo, mentaiko spaghetti—if…
Let’s make Shrimp Scampi with Papa John’s garlic sauce
Back when I wrote How To Conquer Red Lobster’s Endless Shrimp, I tackled strategies for handling vulgar amounts of…
Make Christmas Eve clam linguine and enjoy the Feast of the One Fish
Christmas, for better or for worse, is a time meant to be shared with family. But we’re all grown-ups here and…
Lucky mothershucker finds a pearl in his oyster dinner
What are the odds of finding a pearl in your oyster? Apparently, somewhere between 1 in 10,000 and 1 in 12,000,…
I’m thrilled fishless vegan “tuna” exists, if only for its punny name
Plant-based meat alternatives are no passing fad. They’re mainstream enough to fill White Castle sliders and strike fear
"Ethical caviar" farm massages eggs out of fish (NSFW)
If you don’t spend your lunchtime slathering hot dogs in caviar like our beloved fancy asshole Drew Magary, you might…
Wait, people eat shrimp tails?
What was most surprising about Kate Bernot’s piece about restaurants that serve shrimp with tail still attached was…
What's the point of leaving the tail on shrimp?
I love a good shrimp scampi, or shrimp and grits, or shrimp fra diavolo. But what is the deal—[Jerry Seinfeld…
Health inspectors investigate Maine restaurant that gets lobsters high before cooking them [UPDATED]
Update, September 24, 2018: In a move that surely no one saw coming, the Maine Health Inspection Program is…
Sour beers and rich seafoods are a pairing made for each other
While I’m in Denver for the three-day drinking marathon known as the Great American Beer Festival, beer and food have…
French navy mobilized to keep peace in “scallops war” with Britain
It sounds almost charming, by today’s geopolitical standards: “Oh look, the Brits and French are having a bit of a…
Oh jesus, man’s arm amputated after bad sushi experience
Today Newsweek brings the world a report in The New England Journal Of Medicine, which details the case of a…
Seafood restaurant politely acknowledges Chicago Bull Zach LaVine’s severe defense allergy
NBA player Zach LaVine has a seafood allergy and a sick burn for which he’ll be needing some ointment, metaphorically…
Maine chefs spare life of blue lobster that was “too interesting to cook”
Scales restaurant in Portland, Maine, received its usual seafood delivery last Friday, but noticed an outlier among the…
PETA puts Maine in a pinch with new anti-lobster airport signs
A trip to Maine is on my travel bucket list, and not least of all because the minute I step off the airplane, I plan to…
Humans piss out so many drugs that Seattle's mussels now test positive for opioids
The rise of opioid use in the United States has had plenty of devastating effects, but the epidemic has now ensnared an…
Do I really need to devein shrimp?
I am proficient at many kitchen tasks, but I suck at deveining shrimp. It takes me forever; my hands get wet and…
Today in crab news
It’s been a big day for crab news, so let’s get into the crab news, shall we? First up in crab news:
Cheddar Bay Biscuits now come in waffle form, thus lobster-and-waffles exists
Red Lobster is in the upper echelon of all the chain restaurants, as it generously offers many dishes featuring lobster…
Crawfish hanging on a beer can smoking a cigarette is this weekend's mascot
Smoking is dangerous, but this crawfish doesn’t give a fuck. That’s how he rolls, man, quit hassling him. It’s been a…