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 ...

From Maine Classics: More Than 150 Delicious Recipes from Down East by Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier. Hominy is corn preserved with lye, made from an old cooking technique used to preserve and bring ...

If you’re wondering how to make fast and easy delicious fish that tastes just like the restaurants make it, then this is the Parmesan Baked Cod recipe for you! This easy cod recipe is seasoned to ...

From molten chocolate cake to pork buns and roasted marrow bones, here's how dishes multiply across menus, and what it means for the chefs who created them. Daniel Duane is a journalist who shifted to ...