Swordfish make rebound

The folks who persuaded chefs and diners to give up swordfish a few years ago are celebrating, saying new research shows the fish population has rebounded.

The North Atlantic swordfish have recovered to 94 percent of levels considered healthy, according to SeaWeb and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The groups credit the Give Swordfish a Break campaign, which urged restaurants, consumers and the government to support greater swordfish conservation. Many restaurants stopped serving swordfish, international fishing quotas were reduced and the United States gave greater protection to swordfish nursery areas.

The conservationists say the fish is not out of danger, however, and want the reduced fishing quotas to remain in place. For more information, visit seaweb.org.

Author offers pasta tip

Pam Anderson provides the following cooking tip in “How to Cook Without a Book”:

To make a single portion of lasagna or other pasta dish, substitute egg roll wrappers for lasagna sheets.

The egg roll wrappers are easier to work with and cook in boiling salted water in less than a minute.