Seafood in general can be a little intimidating to cook at home. Let us let you in on a little secret...it's often much easier than meat! Once the mystery (but watch the mercury) is taken out of shellfish, you'll wonder why you ever coughed up $30 for a the soft-shell crab special. How many minutes do they actually take to cook? 2-3. How much prep time is involved? Maybe 15. If you throw in cracking open a beer alongside them as Sassy Radish suggests, maybe 15 1/2. So how do we break down a soft-shell crab night at home? Well luckily this handy Cornmeal-Crusted Soft Shell Crab recipe is ready to go on Sassy's blog. Bonus: her steaming side of hilarious commentary will surely help combat that crabby mood you're in.

We call these "secretly healthy" because they certainly don't taste like it. Bake or Break made these Toffee-Almond Oatmeal Cookies with whole wheat flour on a whim and they've made her Top 10 Favorite Cookies list, which -- given how much baking she's doing -- is saying something. We also like them because these ingredients -- like almonds and oatmeal -- can find homes in all sorts of dishes, keeping you from over-stuffing that cabinet full of baking "stuff" that only comes out to play for cakes and cookies. Happy baking!

David Lebovitz has a life that can turn many of our complexions just the slightest bit green. He's a renowned pastry chef, author of six books, and now lives and works in Paris. To see his complete list of accolades click here because we don't have all day to go listing them on this wee posting. For those of us who truly love and follow the great wide world of food (and face it, if you're reading this, it's likely you're one of them), it can sometimes be a challenge to balance the love with the well...balance. David writes a really interesting post on his own eating habits. As he says, it's not a lecture on diet; it's simply his take on food entitled, "How I Eat."