There is nothing like sharing freshly cooked cracked crab and a great bottle of white wine with your family to remind you of just how fortunate you really are. Sometimes we even do it more than once.

Crab meat is trapped behind a thick shell. The process of cooking and accessing the meat can be intimidating for beginners. Luckily, it’s not very difficult to prepare and crack crab legs.

Sweet, succulent crabmeat is one of nature’s greatest gifts to the dinner table. Cracking that crab without slicing open your hands, however? It can be tricky (especially after a few glasses of ...

Most crab fanciers in the Bay Area pick up their crabs already cooked. Most markets will clean and crack them for you, typically for an additional dollar or so a pound. For cleaned and cracked crab, ...

Clean and crack the crab (your fishmonger can explain how) and you're ready to dig in. More often, people skip the cooking part and get right to the eating part. Berkeley Bowl fish market manager ...

Crack the claws and remove the meat ... Using the knife, scrape away the yellowish material (the fat) lying in the middle of the crab. Some people relish the fat, but most find it rather strong ...

But none of those other things is necessary. Cold cracked crab by itself, as much as you can eat, is extravagance defined. Dungeness crabs are big (they’re weighed in pounds rather than ounces ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. King crab is one of the most decadent dishes you can enjoy, but ...

Then there's "finger-licking good messy" Garlic Parsley Sauce that deserves better than dipping -- Paone pours it directly over cracked crab so the wine, butter and herbs penetrate the crab pieces.