An even greater delicacy to get worked up about is shad roe, which chef and shad aficionado Aaron Bashy of Brooklyn’s Minnow demystifies for novices in the recipe below. --Rob Patronite ...

While shad roe generally steals all of the glory, fresh flounder roe has some merits too. It is comparatively mild in flavor, with finer, more densely packed, practically microscopic eggs.