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Thanksgiving Seafood Side Dish Guide

This year, take your Thanksgiving meal up a notch with these classic coastal seafood side dishes.

How to Throw a New Year's Eve Seafood Party

New Year’s Eve is meant to be excessive, and seafood has a wow factor that tops just about anything else that might be an option for your New Year’s cuisine.

How to Throw a Christmas Seafood Party

This holiday season, why not deviate from the traditional Christmas turkey for your party and go with something exciting, delicious, and unique? Throwing a seafood party for Christmas can be simpler and more adaptable than you might think.

How to Put on a Fancy Lobster Dinner at Home

With everything you and your loved ones have been through over the last couple of years, you all deserve to enjoy an upscale fancy lobster dinner, don’t you think?

Our Favorite Oyster Appetizers

There are many people in the world who can work miracles when cooking oysters. While eating them raw on the half shell is easy and delicious, there are some oyster appetizers that are heavenly, too.

How to Plan a Sushi Night at Home

If you have a favorite sushi restaurant and want to recreate the vibe at home, you can learn how to make your own sushi! Invite friends for a sushi-making party, sip green tea, and serve hot saké.

What Is the Difference Between a New England Lobster Boil and One Down South?

Seafood boils have been a significant part of cultures up and down the coasts of the US for several generations, especially in the Carolinas, the Gulf region, Louisiana, and New England.

The Ultimate Guide to Throwing a Seafood Party

Our comprehensive Seafood Party Guide is designed to help you plan, source, cook and entertain your guests the next time you decide to enjoy lobsters, oysters, fish and other seafood with your friends.

Lobster Lover's Fall in New England Travel Guide

Fall is one of the most popular times of year to visit New England and is also the height of lobster season. Here’s a quick guide on how to enjoy our favorite crustacean on your visit.

Maine Lobster Season - An Overview

If you’re on the prowl for this sweet, meaty treat, you might naturally wonder, when is Maine lobster season? In truth, there is no set season for fishing this popular crustacean. Lobstering happens year-round in this region, although certain seasons tend to be more productive than others for a number of reasons.

Oyster Season 2022: Spring Update

As the days grow warmer and we look towards the summer and outside gatherings, many of us will look to add oysters and shellfish to our cookout and dinner menus. Here's what's happening in oyster farms across North America.

Shipping Live Lobster: Everything You Need to Know

Shipping live lobster can be complicated and expensive. In this article, we answer our customers most common FAQs about the shipping process.

Celebrating National Women's Month — The Women of the Lobster Trap

As a part of National Women’s Month, we would like to introduce you to some of our amazing women who help make us who we are today.

“The Luck o’ the Lobster”- Lobsters and Irish Culture

The lobster fishery and the lobster itself are an intrinsic part of coastal Irish folklore and people’s livelihood, playing an important role in coastal cultural heritage as well as in the Irish cuisine.

Irish Seafood Dishes for St Patrick's Day

Check out these delicious Irish seafood dishes because soggy cabbage just isn’t going to cut it anymore.

Why Do Lobsters Turn Blue?

Being in the business, we see a lot of lobsters pass through our facility. Typically, lobsters come in murky brown, dark green, or even deep navy-blue colors.

25 Years of Lobsters-Online.com

Lobsters-Online.com is celebrating 25 years in business this year. Find out more about our history.

Winter Oyster Farming: What Happens in the Offseason?

We check in with Channel Rock Oysters in Barnstable Harbor for an update on winter oyster farming.

Meet Tyler Hagenstein of Channel Rock Oysters

Located on two acres in Barnstable Harbor, the Channel Rock Oyster farm grows delicious cold-water oysters.

Our Top Picks for Oyster Beverage Pairings

We surveyed the Lobsters Online staff for their favorite pairings and here's what we found.

How To Eat Lobster

The first time you try and cook a lobster, the number of techniques, specialized tools and preparations can be overwhelming. Here are a few tips from the pros on how to prepare your next lobster dinner.

Lobster Cooking Tips

Lobster can be steamed, boiled, baked, or even grilled. It should be served with melted butter and lemon on the side. The most important thing to remember is not to overcook your lobsters or they will toughen quickly and turn stringy.

What Do You Know About Maine Lobsters?

How much do you know about North Atlantic Lobsters? Here are some of our favorite statistics America's most famous lobster species.