Whether served in tacos, with pasta or on their own, we love tucking into a plate of juicy shrimp. We mean prawns. Or wait, what do we mean? Crustaceans can be confounding. And while we wish the ...

Are they the same thing? Sometimes a large shrimp is referred to as a "prawn." Other times, the term "shrimp" describes both prawns and shrimp. Yet in some circles "prawn" also describes both shrimp ...

Prawns (for all you scientists, they are a suborder of the dendrobranchiata) and shrimp are generally used interchangeably, but that’s not exactly accurate. Yes, both prawns and shrimp have 10 legs ...

While prawns and shrimps are two totally separate groups of life forms with several different species in each group, many people freely interchange the two names giving the impression that they are ...

The Chronicle Food staff informally tasted 11 varieties of shrimp, the number that we found in markets last week. The shopping process underscored the lesson that shrimp are wild, seasonal food, and ...

ALMOST offhandedly, Tommy Pearson points across the ocean toward the horizon: “Look at all those birds, must be some dolphins coming.” Sure enough, a couple of minutes later we’re in the midst of a ...

"I caught those prawns," fisherman Steve Johansen proudly tells a table of diners at in Vancouver, B.C. "Nice catch," responds one of the diners. This spring, she and many like her are feasting on ...

The stinging chiles, bright lemongrass and tart zing typically found in tom yum soup are reimagined as a luxurious sauce for seafood, served over grilled colossal river prawns. It’s part of Thitid ...

Lasagne al salmone, mazzancolle e asparagi is seriously good, especially when spring hits Emilia-Romagna. Those fresh ...

Giant tiger prawns from southeast Asia may be gaining a foothold in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to push out prized native shrimp and spread disease. More of the tiger prawns — a sudden increase ...

No, it's not just a question of size. ... Shrimp and prawns are two distinctly different animals. Both shrimp and prawns are Decapod crustaceans, meaning they both have ten legs and possess external ...