There are few traditional recipes that include cod and do not begin, even before turning on the fire, with an ancient and methodical gesture: submerging the fish in cold water. Desalting cod is an ...

The swirl; the cracks. Any avid watcher of The Great British Bake Off is familiar with the pitfalls of the Swiss roll, aka the roll cake, the yule log, the bûche de Noël. But this impressive-looking ...

Ivy Manning is a Portland, Oregon-based award-winning food writer and author of 10 cookbooks. She is a regular recipe tester and editor for Eater as well as for restaurants and appliance brands.