“I think that Mike gave me a cream puff,” John Manion said of Michael Shrader’s chosen ingredient. He’d expected something difficult, like fish eyeballs or ostrich eggs (both previous Key Ingredient ...

An experiment to improve conditions for the endangered Delta smelt appears to be working. Scientists are trying to boost the smelt's food supply chain by creating a bloom in tiny plants called ...

Dad and his buddies would dip what I considered to be hundreds of pounds of smelt. Some would be pan-fried with a cornmeal or flour coating, some would be smoked using Uncle Butch's "secret" recipe, ...

Ask folks to tell you what smelt tastes like, and you find out real quick it’s a tougher question than you think. Debbie Calcagni, the self-described “lunch lady” who serves up plate after plate of it ...

Needing to pick up a few items for dinner, I headed for the big supermarket, skipping the fresh fish market. I only buy fresh fish where the counter people let me smell it before I buy. Fresh fish ...

As February approaches, local sportsmen and women start to think about smelt dipping. Will the popular smelt dip take place on the Cowlitz River this year, or is the run supposed to be too depressed ...