Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Asia 2
March 19, 2010
Continuing our Lenten foray through fish cookery in Asia …
Category: Lent
Idylls of Cuisine, #54
March 14, 2010
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Asia 1
March 11, 2010
In Asia, cooking fish presents no problem to thousands of ingenious cooks. The abundance of fish and the surfeit of ingredients ensures that fish cookery scales heights far beyond scorched fish fingers, dried-out fillets, and mushy tuna-noodle casserole.
Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Africa
March 8, 2010
It’s Lent. That means fish to a lot of people, even today, despite the relaxed rules of the Church. But how to cook fish? How to get past Mrs. Gorton’s Fish Sticks? Many, many ways. Let’s look at what people around the world do to get fish from the seas, rivers, and lakes from their … More Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Africa
Mrs. Sherman G. Bonney on Lent and Fish
March 5, 2010
Lent used to be a far more widespread concept in American society than one might think. As Mark Kurlansky made clear in his book, Cod: A Biography of a Fish That Changed the World (1997), cod overfishing led to some radical changes, including Canada’s moratorium on cod fishing in 1992. Dan Murphy of Dunville, Newfoundland … More Mrs. Sherman G. Bonney on Lent and Fish
A Bloody Fish Story
March 2, 2010
The price of fish is something nice — for fishmongers through the centuries, that is. And over the years, observers noted the rise and fall in the cost of fish according to the liturgical season and changes in the rules of the Roman Catholic Church.* Because of the price of fish, or even the mere … More A Bloody Fish Story
Idylls of Cuisine, #52
February 28, 2010
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.] *I usually don’t write anything for these “picture-only” posts, but I encourage readers to check out the “Shelf Life” Web site, because of the clever commentary on packaged foods and retro food-product ads. A column, “Shelf Life,” appears monthly in the National Toronto Post as well.
Lent, According to American Cookery, the Magazine, That is
February 26, 2010
Lent can be a really interesting time of the year. For some of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, a mere glimpse outside our windows forces the introspection and reflection behind the whole idea of Lent. Who wants to walk around out there in that howling wind and blowing snow? Better to stay inside and … More Lent, According to American Cookery, the Magazine, That is