"Whatever the fishermen catch and won’t eat, they’ll know to toss into my bucket." This weekend, I took a hiatus from crabbing on the south shore and headed instead to the beaches of Port Jefferson. It was a clear and...
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"Nothing beats the joy of steaming or boiling whole crabs, to be shelled and eaten with gusto at the table." I can’t pinpoint when my passion for crabbing crept into the realm of obsession. But as I pulled up my...
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"For a spellbinding minute, crab and bulldog stood perfectly still, staring each other down." It was a quiet day in Patchogue. There were just a few fishermen on the docks, along with me, hunched over with a book, my four...
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"It's this palpable sense of community amongst the fisherman and the crabbers that makes going to the docks so addictive." The crabbing’s been good in Patchogue. For the past month, I’ve been to the docks several times a week for...
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Note: This summer, SE intern Chichi Wang is heading out to the shores of Long Island to catch her own crabs, dig for her own clams, and scrounge up whatever else is edible by the ocean. Follow along every week...
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Note: This summer, SE intern Chichi Wang is heading out to the shores of Long Island to catch her own crabs, dig for her own clams, and scrounge up whatever else is edible by the ocean. Follow along every week...
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