If you've ever visited an Italian market and wondered what the dried fish "salt cod" - also known as baccale -is used for, you wouldn't be alone. What good could come from a fish as dry as a wooden ...

New England has a long history of fish cakes for supper, first made with salt cod, and later with leftover cod or haddock. The idea is that you can stretch the fish by mixing it with mashed potato and ...

The author’s daughter captures the scene of her father cooking dinner in this paper and marker drawing. Credit: Lily O’Heir. On a recent parent-teacher night, the kids in my daughters’ sixth grade ...

Today’s recipe is Fish and Shrimp Cakes. You can think of these like crab cakes but made with a mix of cod and shrimp. These use panko breadcrumbs as one of the main binding ingredients and as a ...

The green salad in this recipe calls for two types of greens, turnip and mustard. A mess of greens, whether they be turnip, collard or mustard, have been staples in the homes of African Americans for ...

Looking for a recipe to jazz up the Mother’s Day menu this year? Take a page out of Rihanna’s book and bring some island flavors to the table. Though it will be some time before the Bajan singer ...

Some things our mothers teach us are concrete: How to drive a car, read a W-2 form or hem a pair of pants. Other life lessons sneak up on us. My mother taught me to cook almost by osmosis. It was ...