Beer belly

Red Brick Station

Beer belly: Beer-battered soft shell crab at Red Brick Station

Ingredients: Did I stutter?

Damage: Market price

Skinny: I agreed to try this because it had been praised by my friends and family as one of their favorite dishes. To me, there's something about catching a defenseless animal at the most naked and vulnerable moment of its life that's just ... cold. One minute, you're crawling about all happy and shell-less, thinking you're going to live forever like the kids in Fame -- and the next thing you know, you're soaked in beer, flopped in a frying pan and destined to sleep the long sleep.--Jen Bunty