Smoked shad is particularly flavorful, but people sharing the feast should be warned about the bones. Shad are most valued for the Roe or eggs found in the female in the spring of the year.

The four courses ($55) include house-smoked shad, pan-roasted shad roe with meyer lemon cream, red rose radish, and fresh-dug carrots, and an oak plank-roasted shad filet.

Their smoked shad was the absolute best in the world. The smoking absorbs the oil, and it’s just so good,” said Carol Ann Spencer, who bought a piece of the fish in Old Saybrook a couple years ...

"You know, make it kind of a statement." Texas smoked brisket was just one of numerous ingredients gathered up by Shad Kvetko of Dallas' Las Almas Rotas to make the special-edition mezcal.

There is a new king of the Columbia. Each spring, a chrome tide of fish native to the East Coast floods the Northwest's mightiest river by the millions. Shad, not salmon, are thriving in the warm ...

From 1949 to 2017, the Wakefield Ruritan Club hosted an event called Shad Planking. The event revolved around eating smoked shad. “Culturally, it was a huge thing,” Spells said.

(L-R) Mezcalero Oscar Hernández and Gracias a Dios Mezcal & Agave Gin Co-Owner Xaime Niembro prepare to hang the Mohon Barbecue smoked brisket in the still with Las Almas Rotas co-owner Shad ...