Continuing the theme of found food, a soft-shell crab is presented as an edible beach treasure, surrounded by amaranth grains for sand and brown-butter sauce for seawater.

NEWYORKER: Atera

Soft-shell crab with a hazelnut salad, fried oysters with a green-chile-buttermilk dressing, a gin-and-tonic salmon with a subtle juniper aroma: these were creative combinations not often seen on New York menus.

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I'm like a little hermit crab who retreats back into his shell.

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Stone, ceramics, soft-shell crab, and sake were united in a family of subtle hues and distinct textures.

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Not simply a David Brent clone, Pincus is a cold fish, a crab who doesn't want to be drawn out of his shell.

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When soft-shell crab is in season, we've served a whole fried one with Thai influences.

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He had collapsed between wicker sofa and African coffee table, his legs hairless and white as wax, his stomach a great pale mound, and his face as pinched and pink as crab shell.

NEWYORKER: The Valetudinarian