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 ...

Eva and Archie Murphy live in a shingled farmhouse on Cape Breton Island, said Sasha Chapman in Saveur. This corner of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia was settled by Irish and Scottish immigrants ...

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 ...

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 ...

So there’s this cliché about the Portuguese that they’re a maudlin lot. Melancholy is, apparently, the defining aspect of their culture, like all they do is lie around singing heartbreaking fado songs ...

Seafood can sometimes be a tough sell for kids, but it doesn't have to be. These easy, delicious, family-friendly fish dinners are kid-approved, whether you are expanding your dinner horizons or ...

I love it when fresh cod goes on sale! This week, I turned the filets into cod cakes for under 10 bucks. Traditionally made with cod and potato, my version is lightened up with Japanese style panko ...

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Salt cod is eaten in nearly every country that comes into contact with the Atlantic Ocean. For centuries, this meaty, plentiful fish, whose low fat content makes it uniquely amenable to long-term ...