Stone Crab

Private-equity firms and their stone-crab gobbling tycoons typically make their huge profits at the expense of ordinary investors in public markets. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Moore's treats its landmark status with tongue in cheek, selling only a few souvenirs (mugs, T-shirts, baseball caps) with its appealingly clunky red stone-crab logo, and keeping the staff's attitude friendly and outgoing without being cute. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Most popular are of course stone-crab platters, which are presented simply — just claws on a white oval crockery plate, with two side dishes and butter or mustard sauce (there's cocktail sauce already on the table). ❋ Unknown (2002)

Florida, the capital of the stone-crab trade, ships thousands of pounds of cooked claws during the fishing season, from October 15 to May 15. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Among the casualties was a stone-crab boat called the Molly Bell, which was torn from her anchorage and swept up a swollen tidal creek, where she wallowed and sank from sight. ❋ Hiaasen, Carl (2002)

Upstairs, the walls are adorned with oil paintings of psychedelic fish, and nattily dressed waiters bustle between the tables, hoisting toppling "Fishtail Towers" heaped with stone-crab claws from Florida and oysters from Yakima Bay.

Two stone-crab seasons ago, investment banker Roger Duarte started thinking about other options. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He makes almost all the South Florida deliveries himself, in a sky blue Mini Cooper decked out with the company name and giant stone-crab claws. ❋ Unknown (2009)