Smelts are available (best to call first) at the Maine Avenue seafood markets in Southwest Washington, some Whole Foods Markets, Southern Maryland Seafood Market at Eastern Market and the Fishery in ...

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, ...

Spring means many things, but to hundreds of area residents, it means a smelt fry. The Father Goldsmith Council of the Knights of Columbus have been giving the people what they want for many years now ...

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 ...