Shad Roe

A true early Spring treat, which at one time was highly sought out, even more so than the Shad itself. Cooked gently to keep the eggs from popping too excessively, it’s a rich and flavorful roe and contrasts wonderfully with a squirt of lemon juice. In my top 5 favorite cookbooks of all time- The […]

Forgotten History: Planked American Shad

shad meal

Yes I know. Cooking fish on a wooden plank is sooo 90’s, a fad that was everywhere and in every chain restaurant you could think of. However, cooking salmon on a cedar plank is an interesting North American tradition, going back thousands of years. It traces back to the Pacific Northwest where the Indigenous peoples […]