As anyone who's been to a seafood boil can attest to, eating crawfish is as much about the experience as it is about the food itself. And like other hands-on foods, chowing down on crawfish can get ...

Crayfish are best eaten from late spring to late autumn. Weather conditions affect their availability and cost, as does the spawning season (when the flesh of shellfish softens and has less ...

Andrew Leech catches North American signal crayfish from the River Kennet in Thatcham. Strict rules imposed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) means he can no longer ...

and its lack of dense population means that fresh food doesn’t have to travel far from where it’s raised or foraged to where it’s eaten. Delicious rock crayfish benefit from native foraged ...

Add the vegetables and sauté briskly until starting to caramelise. Add the crayfish shells and stir until any liquid evaporates off and they turn a deep red. Pour over the white wine and leave to ...

In the late 1800s fish were introduced to the lake to attract visitors, and in 1915 park managers introduced signal crayfish as a food source for the fish. Both fish and crayfish prey upon the newt, ...

The slenderclaw faces ongoing threats from silt and sediment, which fill in the spaces between rocks the crayfish uses for sheltering and harm its food sources because mayflies, caddisflies and ...

I’m very keen to impress my friends with delicious crayfish rolls. What’s the best way to serve them and how do I go about prepping the crayfish — I hear that you buy them alive!?