Last weekend my 3-quart container of super cheap olive oil dribbled out its last tasty drop and I found myself with a real dilemma: where could I find another cheap, flavorful olive oil without trekking all the way to Astoria?

by Robyn Lee via Seriouseats.com

Hallelujah! Someone at Serious Eats must have heard my panicked thoughts. Their staff tried nine reasonably priced olive oils and ranked them according to taste (mellow, bitter, like water, etc.). They even chose a best in show.

Thanks to them, I’ll never again stand before an aisle of olive oil wondering which overpriced bottle might suck less.

Salted cod. Some call it a humble staple, but I’d say it’s a fantastically tasty treat. What I can’t understand is why it hasn’t caught on in America. It’s portable, cheap and practically never goes bad. Everyone else in the world has figured out how awesome it is. The Europeans love it. West Indians dig it. And a whole lot of Catholics have incorporated the fish into their treasured Easter recipes. Lucky for me, I live in New York–the ultimate city for finding hard-to-find foods.

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On a recent dreary, rainy day (in a stream of never-ending rainy days) I got a hankering for salted cod, so I decided to check out a place my friend had recommended. Fritz International Jamaican Restaurant in Bed-Stuy doesn’t look like much from outside. Well, it doesn’t look like much from inside either, but my stomach didn’t seem to care. more…