Mike EgeDec 29
More holiday seafood ideas! 🦀 This piece shares favorite Dungeness crab dishes — from crab Louie to angel hair lasagna — and tips on where to find fresh local crab for New Year’s feasts. https://thevoicesf.org/more-holiday-recipes-my-favorite-dungeness-crab-dishes/
More holiday recipes: My favorite Dungeness crab dishes

Every year for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, I make a big crab Louie with fresh, sweet Dungeness crab. As a native, I took crab season for granted until it opened later and later each year. The reason is entirely understandable — California has delayed the 2025–26 commercial Dungeness crab season statewide until at […]

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@mikeege My favorite way to each #DungenessCrab has always been the "lazy man way" -- steamed & cracked open with utensils at the ready & with cubed sourdough bread & a bowl of grated ginger & salt in oil on the side -- and I always eat the guts (aka the "butter" of the crab with a spoon as soon as the shell is cracked open. I also always open a bottle of sparkling wine to drink with the meal as well.

YUM!!! 😋

However, my father was a cook at #FishermanGrotto9 in the 50's & I'm sure he made a #CrabLouie more than a few times -- before he moved onto #Ondines & #Spinaker in Sausalito, then to the #FairmontHotel & then the #GrandHyattAtUnion Square where he finally retired as a #SousChef -- but he never made it at home.

We always just ate it the "lazy" way. Why bother going to all that trouble to add competing flavors to the crab when the crab alone is so delicious? 🤷‍♂️

Dec 29 at 8:48pmWeb