They make a blue crab reduction to use as a filling and for pasta and risotto dishes, and use the meat to make such small dishes (cicchetti) as bao and crab meatballs. While some Venetians remain ...

usually a staple of Christmas Eve seafood spaghetti suppers, have changed festive menus this year after an invasion of the alien blue crab decimated clam stocks. Many Italians are instead turning ...