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 ...

Codfish Cakes, or Bolinhos de Bacalhau, could be a good snack item to serve for a World Cup viewing party as the U.S. takes on Portugal. (Courtesy of "Portuguese Homestyle Cooking") World Cup: U.S. vs ...

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 ...

The first thing you do is take the salted cod, place it in a non-reactive baking pan, and soak it in cold water for about four hours in your refrigerator, changing and discarding the water every hour ...