Soak the bacalao in cold water for 24 hours, changing the water three times to remove the majority of the salt. Drain and rinse under cold water and put it in a large pot. Add the milk and enough ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When I page through a cookbook from Portugal, or look at Portuguese recipes online, I am impressed just how powerful Portugal once was and how it brought to ...

Many foods that were popular in the years before refrigeration became common have since fallen out of favor, replaced by fresher, tastier alternatives. Salt cod, however—cod that’s been salted and ...

Today’s chefs are incorporating new ideas to prepare the creamy yellow-white sauce of the bakailaoa pil-pilean that is the hallmark of the Basque dish. Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives The Basque ...

Like the God of the Old Testament, salt cod goes by many names. The French call it morue, the Italians baccala' and the Portuguese bacalhau. Of course, the fish is the same — Atlantic cod — and the ...