"When I was growing up, my parents always held my birthday parties at the house. They would rent tables, chairs, gigantic speakers, and balloon arrangements. One of my cousins or neighbors would DJ, ...

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 ...

Why eat preserved cod when fresh is so readily available? The salt transforms it into savory, complex comfort food, and nearly every country... Like the God of the Old Testament, salt cod goes by many ...

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 ...

Ina Garten combines cod and lobster to make Fish and Lobster Cakes. She gets lobster meat, already cooked, from her local seafood shop. Garten serves them with a mayonnaise-based sauce she makes in a ...

The UK is renowned for being a cultural melting pot, and this diversity shines through in our food. The most wonderful aspect of being born here is witnessing how dishes from various cultures are ...