On Sunday I went to watch an Australian car race at the shiny new track in Austin, but that is for another day. Then I made Venison Tacos!They were tangy and full of crunchy colorful bits. I highly recommend making a big batch of this and having a taco party. If you don't have venison try…
Happy Wednesday! Let's celebrate the middle of the week with some hearty, juicy Wild Boar Bolognese, shall we? Here is episode #2. Stay tuned for many more cooking/how-to/DIY episodes you'll be seeing here on this site.As always I'd love your feedback and questions in the comments section below. It is a work in progress, and…
Friends!I'm so excited to share the first of many cooking episodes here on this site. For a long time you've seen many posts here with step-by-step photos which take you through the recipes, but we've decided to spice things up around here and give some of the how-to's in a video format for those of…
A roast is often times made from a tougher cut of meat, a portion of the leg, for example.But I recently decided to turn two aged venison backstraps into a roast, which produced wonderful results in a much shorter time. If you don't have venison, I highly recommend beef as well.The idea is to fold…
This is one of my favorite simple preparations for tender cuts of meat. I use it often on lamb chops and it is ready in less than 20 minutes. I had some purty venison backstraps from my Girl Hunter Weekend in Arkansas, aged 20 days, so I tried my magic rub on them and it…
I brought a nice venison haunch back from my Girl Hunter Weekend in Arkansas. Ain't it a beauty?It was aged for about 20 days. And since I was having a gathering of a large group of people I decided to put it to good use. I've made many stews before so I decided to think…
When I first went on a hunting trip in England a couple of years ago, I was introduced to Scotch Eggs and fell in love with them forever. They were served in the greenhouse during "Elevenses" which is the break the hunters take between the first three "drives" and the last three. We drank cherry…
I was just in New York where I did my all time favorite fall activity. It gives me pangs of nostalgia. And all of those childhood memories of frolicking through the orchards come rushing back.(Photo credit: Gordon Pellegrini)
I went apple picking! My brother and I have plans for cider making and we were…
A few weeks ago in Arkansas, my friend Paul Michael made a dish he makes regularly whenever someone has caught a nice redfish or bass. They all call it "coo-bee-on" and so I just assumed it was another one of their local regional dishes that this Yankee was unfamiliar with.
And then I saw…