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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: Check the Napa Valley Register’s Friday Wine section for Dan Dawson’s recommendations of wines to go with Ken’s recipes, even Kung Pao Shrimp. When is a shrimp really a prawn and is ...

When it comes down to their biology, both shrimp and prawns are decapods, meaning they're crustaceans with ten legs. Shrimp, the more petite crustacean, live in saltwater. There are a few small but ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Are prawns just really big shrimp? Let’s put this coastal culinary quandary to rest. Here's the real difference between prawns and shrimp.