For Mildred Yantin, cooking is her connection to family. "Everyone’s laughing and joking … just hearing all that commotion going on in the kitchen, smelling all that you're about to eat — that’s the ...

WHEN Isak Dinesen wanted to depict the abject misery of a Jutland fishing community in her short story “Babette’s Feast,” she described the villagers, clad all in black, eating a mean plate of salt ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Yield:> 6 servings 1 pound boneless salt cod (bacalao), soaked overnight in several changes of cold water (see note)> 2 cloves ...

This dish is the essence of Chinese-Portuguese fusion. Fried rice, a distinctly Chinese dish, is fused with Mediterranean black olives, chorizo and salt cod. Bacalao is used primarily as a flavoring ...