If you've ever visited an Italian market and wondered what the dried fish "salt cod" - also known as baccale -is used for, you wouldn't be alone. What good could come from a fish as dry as a wooden ...

New England has a long history of fish cakes for supper, first made with salt cod, and later with leftover cod or haddock. The idea is that you can stretch the fish by mixing it with mashed potato and ...