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Video: A Day on a Lobster Boat in Maine

What's the lobster-catching process like? We left at 4 a.m. to find out, filming for a day on a lobster boat in Maine, where arguably the best stuff is caught. There was a gorgeous sunrise followed by white caps and the very repetitive process of bringing in traps, throwing out the small (or very large) lobsters and keeping the few that were of size.

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The 12 Days of Dumpling in a Halloween Costume: Lobster

How would you feel if you ordered a lobster roll, and this was stuffed inside the buttered bun? "Paws are cool and all, but why don't I get pincers?" Dumpling was fond of his temporary pincers. Also, he looks like a muppet.

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Photo of the Day: Lobster Bread

Photograph from giorgiofano1978 on Flickr It's a loaf of bread shaped like a lobster. Or a lobster that transformed into a loaf of bread. The latter would be more interesting, although I suppose it's a biological impossibility. Related In Videos: How Bread Was Made In The 80's The Lobster Claw Game, Right Next to the Gum and Diet Sodas Cook the Book: Classic Maine Lobster Rolls...

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Photo of the Day: When Seafood Goes Bad

They're arthropods with attitude. Be careful, or else they'll cut you with their man-made implements. ...Or you can wrestle them into a point of boiling water and feast on a delicious lobster dinner! Related Photo of the Day: NOM NOM NOM Snails I haz a doodle. Sqirl Scout Cookyz...

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Lobster-Theme Nike Dunks

Peep these awesome lobster-themed shoes, which were created as part of a collaboration between Nike Skateboarding and Cambridge, Mass., streetwear store Concepts. The shoe's colorways run from lobster orange to lobster red, with lobster shell–like black specks strewn throughout. They come with blue rubber bands stretched across the toe and are packaged in a wooden box that looks like a lobster trap. My favorite detail: the shoe liner that looks like a picnic tablecloth. Pinch me! [via Kitsune Noir with a tip o' the hat to Kottke]...

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Surprise: Being Dropped in Boiling Water Hurts

A group of scientists has concluded that lobsters apparently feel pain. Opposing research concludes that lobsters are delicious with butter....

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Lobsters Escape German Supermarket

The lobsters escaped form their poorly secured crates, then "scurried across the floor of the supermarket and squeezed through the metal shutters covering the front of the store. The front door had been left open by mistake. . . Passers by alerted the police at 1:45 a.m. reporting a large number of the animals heading down the street."...

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AGTV: (Lobster) Roll Your Own

Will the heat of the kitchen force the Amateur Gourmet to seek professional help? Find out as Adam Roberts battles a lobster in an attempt to make the tasty crustacean into lobster rolls—with help from Rebecca Charles (Pearl Oyster Bar).

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Lobster Shortage Drives Prices Osprey-High

According to the New York Times, lobster prices have nearly doubled in the past year, thanks to a "confluence of bad weather, extremely cold water, and a lack of reserve supply." Some current New England restaurant lobster prices: Anthony's Pier 4 (Boston): $112 for a 3.5-pound lobsterUnion Oyster House (Boston): $47.95 for a 2-pound lobsterWarren's Lobster House (Kittery, Maine): $28.95 for a 1-pounder According to the owner of Warren's, "We thought we might have to change our name to Warren's Chicken House or something."...

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Lobster & Beer Risotto

"Well, folks, if risotto is rice dressed up for a night on the town, my husband has just stuffed a wad of cash into its pockets and told it not to return before dawn. Yes, those tell-tale red morsels of succelent sweet meat resting in the mounds of creamy risotto are indeed lobster. And that creamy and delicious sauce is made up of cheese, and yes, booze. Beer, to be precise. And then there’s a dollop of honey — just for sweetness." The happy pair behind the My Husband Cooks blog just posted a recipe for lobster and beer risotto that's making me swoon....

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