This week is a great dish, a classic Franco/Scottish recipe that showcases fresh seafood. This is a recipe I wrote, cooked for myself and have served at both restaurants. As it is a dish I enjoy so ...

Cod has been salted and dried for millenniums – it was the way we preserved it before Captain Birdseye came on the scene. Cod has been salted and dried for millenniums – it was the way we preserved it ...

One spring day in Lisbon, the daughter of the house where we were staying presented Tom with a large bunch of red carnations, to celebrate his birthday. One week later, carnations were everywhere in ...

A trio of dishes for an Iberian-themed summer gathering: salt cod with grated tomatoes and dill oil, vermicelli cooked paella-style with charred peppers and aubergines, and goat’s cheese croquetas ...

Much later in life, I discovered salted fish. A further revelation of preservation and one that, if one can possibly say this, eclipsed my love of this way with poultry and meat, but it remains a very ...

500g dried white haricot beans, soaked overnight 1 whole head of garlic 2 bay leaves 2 onions, peeled and sliced 12 cloves of garlic, peeled and quartered 2 heads of fennel, sliced against the grain ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. Salted cod during the festive period is a big thing in Portugal, though the garnishes vary ...

The drying and salting of fish to preserve it has been done for centuries and is still used in many countries today. Baccalà, for example, is an Italian new year dish with salt cod, tomatoes and ...

After the cod has soaked, rinse it in cold water. Put the potatoes in a pan, cover with water, add a pinch of salt and bring to the boil. Simmer until tender, then drain and keep warm. In a large pan ...

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Say 'salt cod' to most British people and they say 'no thanks'," remarks Valentine Warner as we tuck into a warming stew of salt cod, potatoes and tomatoes that the television chef had prepared ...