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 ...

1. Place the salt cod into a bowl and cover with cold water. Refrigerate for 8 hours. Pour off the water and replace with fresh water every 2 hours. After the fish has soaked for 8 hours, rinse in ...

Description: Salt cod may need to be soaked in cold water for longer than 24 hours and the water changed a few times, depending on how heavily salted it is. Caper skordalia Place potatoes in a large ...

If ever a food needed a brand overhaul, it is salt cod. Because nothing about that name inspires cravings. It actually sounds like something you spread on an icy walkway to keep people from slipping.

After returning from a brief visit to Alaska, I have experimented with few recipes involving cod fish. I must say that I have developed a real appreciation for fresh, wild Pacific cod fish. It is a ...

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 ...