How to Use stone crab in a Sentence

stone crab

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• Everything’s good: fish, steaks, raw bar, and the stone crab.
  — Larry Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2020
• This time of year, the state’s signature stone crab claws are in season.
  — Eleanore Park, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
• But not every seafood market is feeling the stone crab pinch.
  — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• Tooke and his brother fish all through the Apalachee Bay, up to 20 miles offshore, hauling up stone crabs to rip off one of their big claws.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
• The result: about 4,000 pounds of fresh stone crab ready for hungry Floridians.
  — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• Santa Barbara stone crab claws, fish sticks with caviar, sand dabs, scampi, chicken parm.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• From stone crab to key lime pie, add these 10 dishes to your Sunshine State dining bucket list.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 12 July 2018
• Eager to crack into fresh stone crab claws with sides of mustard dipping sauce?
  — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2022
• Stop by on Thursdays during happy hour, from 3 to 7pm for stone crab specials.
  — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• The signature stone crab claws are a pretty splurge; tuna tartare staged on ice and flanked with sails of rice crackers is about as trendy as Joe’s gets.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
• At Keys Fisheries, the menu abounds with local delights like Key West shrimp, conch chowder and jumbo stone crab claws.
  — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 5 Mar. 2024
• One of those rules upped the minimum size for stone crab claws by a quarter-inch, which triggered higher prices for mediums.
  — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• Don’t worry if stone crab season has passed: seafood and Southern-style dishes are available in town all year long.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2022
• Florida stone crab season, which opened Oct. 15, runs through May 23.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
• Celebrate the kick off of the season with fresh Florida stone crab claws and live music on the waterfront.
  — Kara Franker, Southern Living, 6 July 2020
• Celebrate the kick-off of the season with fresh Florida stone crab claws and live music on the waterfront.
  — Kara Franker, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
• Unlike most Florida seafood, stone crabs are served cold, usually atop a bed of ice.
  — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
• To top it off, seafood — from Maine's lobsters and Maryland's oysters to Florida's stone crabs — is abundant.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2023
• Making things even better, the Super Bowl overlaps with stone crab season.
  — Larry Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2020
• The dinner began with a lavish seafood platter: oysters, clams, jumbo shrimp, and stone crab claws, set down for everyone to share.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2019
• But there’s a catch (no pun intended): stone crab season runs from mid-October to mid-May, so your window for giving them a try isn’t always open.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2018
• Other only-in-Miami highlights are the stone crab salad, crispy confit and suckling pig.
  — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024
• There are state size and number limits on stone crab claws that can be harvested by recreational collectors.
  — Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020
• The menu includes small bites (like deviled eggs, pigs in a blanket, lobster rolls, and stone crab claws) and larger plates (like lemon spaghetti with king crab and Florida snapper with salsa roja).
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2023
• For the indecisive, there’s the Chilled Seafood Platter with a selection of lobster, shrimp, stone crab, oysters, clams and ceviche over shaved ice for either two or four people for market price.
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• The primary target from Georgia through Florida is the Florida stone crab.
  — Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020
• Makoto Makoto is offering a Japanese take on stone crabs this season.
  — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Ardent Carbone fans will recognize menu favorites with subtle updates like stone crab from the raw bar or coconut-lime confections for a local touch.
  — Taylor Stoddard, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
• Supplemental dishes available, such as stone crab claws ($10 a person).
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2021
• Being surrounded by fishing grounds, the Keys are a superb place to eat fresh seafood — classic catch includes yellowtail, grouper, mutton, snapper, mahi-mahi, spiny lobster, and stone crab.
  — Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 12 Feb 2025