1/22/13

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January 22, 2013   #1118   Epicurious Cookbook

Quite often when Al and Jerry are researching a topic for Radio Kitchen, they go online and head for Epicurious, the venerable recipe data base that has been serving the public since 1995.   As an online service, Epicurious has resisted doing anything non-digital, until now.   But due to popular demand, they have decided to do an Old School publication, "The Epicurious Cookbook."

Menhaden Makes a Splash

At first glance, the menhaden is not a glamorous fish, and not one that you would find on a restaurant menu. Also known as bunker, pogy, or bugmouth, the bony, oily fish, which is silver with black spots on its sides, is a humble fish. But there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to the menhaden. For countless creatures under the sea, the menhaden has several critical roles, leading some to refer to it as “the most important fish in the sea.”