Plastic toys: Plastic plants made for reptiles are great for crabs to climb and hide in, just remember to use the lid of your tank so the crabs can't climb out.
With rock pools, shallow waters and acres of crêpe-coloured sand, it's made for kicking footballs, hunting crabs, paddling and running, small child-style.
Its absence made for one of the best crab cakes of the year -- sweet, fresh and filled with character.
Meanwhile, salads and scalloped sunchokes meet dreamy cheese; chunks of avocado and crab are made for each other in a citrus dressing.
Once buttoned and bundled, they scattered toward favorite spaces: a crab apple tree made for climbing, a cluster of bushes forming a secret nook under a willow tree, a sandbox growing muddier by the minute.
The first pomades were healing balms made from crab apples – the word pomade came from the Latin for apple pomum.
And the mixture for crab cakes was generous with crab and abstemious with binder, resulting in a satisfying chunkiness that made for easy dipping into a bit of garlicky rémoulade.
Served with tomato orange chutney and poppy seed honey, the succulent crab cakes were topped with slender logs of, yes, pretzels which made for an intense flavor match.
(A crab fisherman who does not actually have to fish for crab does not make for good TV).
At a recent weeknight dinner, her husband planned to grill salmon for himself and Ms. Goldklang, knowing that it wouldn't fly with their three children, ages 6, 8 and 12. "What my husband did, which in his mind is some sort of derivation of salmon, so that he can feel that we're all sort of eating the same thing," Ms. Goldklang explained, "was he made crab cakes for the 8-year-old.
