My cousins and I used to dare one another to touch the shrimp, their 10 legs dancing, their antennae waving. At the Chinese seafood restaurants near us in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California ...

Raw shrimp has become a no-fuss convenience food. Most of the work has been done before purchase; the shrimp is ready to rumble. It’s available peeled and deveined (P&D is the industry term), either ...

When you want deep, smoky, charred flavor but don’t own a grill—or don’t feel like firing it up—the broiler does the job. Its intense, direct heat also makes it one of the fastest ways to get dinner ...