Smoked salmon is a breakfast staple for many, and for good reason. The briny, salted fish is the perfect complement to a bagel and schmear, it can elevate a plain old omelet to a restaurant-quality ...

This is hot-smoked salmon, not lox, which is cold-smoked at a much lower temperature. Hot-smoking, which is much easier for the home cook, results in a bright orange slab that can be used in a salad ...

Smoking fish is as old as fishing itself. Some techniques, and of course equipment, have evolved since our ancestors first tied a line to a stick, but some universal truths remain as relevant as ever.

Smoked salmon, which is prized for its salty, fireside flavor, is often considered a delicacy owing to its relatively high cost. It’s commonly mistaken for lox, another salmon product that’s cured but ...