If you want a real Maryland crab ritual, these buffet and feast nights are where locals go to crack, linger, and leave happy.

As a 20-year resident of Maryland, I know one thing to be true: Our crabs are the best in the world. This simple fact was proven to me again on a recent outing in the Midwest, where a family member ...

Meet the iconic Maryland shack famous for golden, jumbo crabcakes that food lovers happily road-trip across the state for.

When I arrived in Maryland in 2008 to go to college, I didn't know the difference between a crab cake and a softshell crab sandwich (I found out real quick when I ordered the later at a restaurant).

U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez issued a state of disaster declaration for Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, a first and critical step in making financial aid available to watermen facing harvest ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Chesapeake Bay blue crab season officially opens on April 1, 2025, ushering in a beloved Maryland tradition that runs through December 15. For recreational crabbers, this marks ...

The Maryland blue crab population decreased in all segments to the second-lowest level since the annual surveys started in 1990. The 2025 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey released ...

EASTON, Md. -- There was a time when almost every town on the Eastern Shore had a crab-picking house, where men, women and children earned a few dollars by tearing apart Chesapeake Bay blue crabs to ...