First time hosting people at our new place

A couple friends are moving to Toronto soon. Jose and I want to spend as much time with them as possible before they skip town. So we invited them over for dinner despite the fact that most of our stuff was still in boxes.
We saw some feisty dungeness crabs at Uwajimaya, and had a huge craving for it.

There's just no way to have the freshest crabs and still keep it humane. We had to steam them ALIVE. I hope our guests weren't put off by it. Judging by their finger licking and "my god, this is so good" remarks, I don't think they were too bothered by the killing that proceeded the meal.

The poor crabs were trying to get out of the hot steaming pot. Jose pushed them down with his giant tongs.

Once they're cooked, crabs turn this beautiful red color. The flesh was so flavorful, it didn't need any seasoning. But I made a ginger garlic hot sauce to go with it anyway. Our guests also blogged about the meal with more extensive photos. You can find it here.

I made a quick berry crumble to finish up the meal, and discovered that not all ovens are created equal. The crumble was sitting in the oven for the first 30 minute barely getting warm. Turning on "convection" option finally did the trick. The fruit filling was bubbling away and spilled all over the pan. But they sure look rustic and pretty darn tasty.