My Sunday column was an update of an earlier report on the migration of herring up the Patapsco River — to places such fish have been unable to swim since before 1906 — after the removal of the Union, Simkins and Bloede dams. Several Baltimoreans have written to me over the years, since I first … Continue reading On the Patapsco River: Three dams down, one to go
Chesapeake Blue Catfish: A fry and taste test
I got into the subject of the invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake region in my Sun column last week. These fish are all over the place now, and in some of the Chesapeake tributaries they account for 75% of the fish biomass. For the sake of the bay’s ecology and our regional seafood industry, … Continue reading Chesapeake Blue Catfish: A fry and taste test
Baccala, bacalhau, bacaloa — it’s all cod to me
There’s really no practical reason for baccala anymore. They have this thing called “refrigeration” now and you can freeze fish for months. The original concept — drying out flanks of Atlantic cod and salting them to preserve them — goes back centuries and remains a thing only because there’s a market for the resulting Old … Continue reading Baccala, bacalhau, bacaloa — it’s all cod to me
Dan Rodricks 