We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Shad is a fairly healthy fish that's low in mercury and high in omega-3 fatty acids and can be delicious if prepared the right way. We talked ...

Heat butter and olive oil in a large, heavy frying pan until just smoking. (Cast iron is nice.) Season a pile of flour to taste with salt and pepper. Dredge roe through the mixture and lay gently in ...

The annual migration of shad to rivers in the East is reaching its peak, which means that one of spring's delicacies, shad roe, is abundant. These inexhaustible fish migrate at this time of year into ...

You know it’s spring in tidewater Maryland when, along with forsythia, blooming cherry trees and butter-colored daffodils, the American shad — Alosa sapidissima — course up the Chesapeake Bay from ...

Outside the Oyster Bar, at Grand Central, a giddy sign announces the news that sends many food lovers into a tizzy every spring: SHAD IS HERE! The roe is the delicacy gourmets go nuts for. Its tiny ...