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
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 