If you’ve eaten seafood salad, a California roll at a sushi restaurant, or frozen breaded fish, chances are high that you’ve eaten imitation crab. MarkGillow/Getty Images Even if you’ve never added ...

Imitation crab often gets overlooked or misunderstood, yet it quietly appears in everything from sushi rolls to creamy deli salads. Many people treat it as a lesser stand-in for real crab without ever ...