EditorialSmoked oxtails, fried corn on the cob, sausage, ribs and brisket, left, with catfish and hush puppies served at Ray’s Real Pit BBQ Shack, in Houston in May 2023. (Jessica Attie/The New York Times)
EditorialSmoked oxtails, fried corn on the cob, sausage, ribs and brisket, left, with catfish and hush puppies served at Ray’s Real Pit BBQ Shack, in Houston in May 2023. (Jessica Attie/The New York Times)
EditorialJulie Powell, fourth from left, watches her guests dig into her catfish steamed in banana leaves, in New York, May 25, 2004. (Julien Jourdes/The New York Times)
EditorialStudents feed catfish in a river in Banco National Park, which is 10 times as large as Central Park in New York, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, June 11, 2022. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/The New York Times)
EditorialA framed jersey in the office of Steve Vucinich is emblazoned with No. 27 in tribute to Catfish Hunter, who was Vucinich’s favorite player. (Jed Jacobsohn/The New York Times)