Ivy Manning is a Portland, Oregon-based award-winning food writer and author of 10 cookbooks. She is a regular recipe tester and editor for Eater as well as for restaurants and appliance brands.

I spend a lot of time gawking at the fish case at the local markets, and those big clusters of Alaskan king crab are usually the gnarliest things on ice with their long spiny legs. The lobsters get ...

Cook the lobster in boiling, salted water (4TBSP of salt for every Gallon). This will take 10-12 minutes depending on the weight*. Then cool the lobster in ice water. Prepare the lobster by removing ...