There, I found heaven — so many tables piled high with the steaming, spice-crusted crustaceans. Which brings me to my ...

The Boiling Crab is a restaurant near Harvard Square that offers an assortment of seafood with reasonable student discounts.

The crab traps are attached ... Ignore the usual instructions to boil first and let the crabs soak for a half hour. He puts the live crabs into the seasoning and then boils them.