There's no competition—hands down, steaming is the superior way to cook this epicurean delight. Crab legs are generally sold pre-cooked and flash-frozen. Steaming is the preferred cooking method ...

But when we got a phone call mid-week, it meant one thing: she’d found reasonably priced Dungeness crabs, and she’d be steaming them ... difficult to crack the legs, and it’s hard to pull ...