Over the weekend, my new friend Michael from New Orleans taught me how to make Puttok. If anyone can tell me how to spell it properly I'll give you a gold star sticker. It's a lovely stew of tomato, rosemary, vinegar (or in our case red wine) and braised meat.
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When the sun comes up, the socializing begins. This consists mostly of hanging out in the corn on the back of a four wheeler sipping a soda, and staring blurry eyed in front of you...
Stragglers come in from the fields little by little, trying to hold out for just one more... someone insists they bought bad…
Soon there's some action. And the earplugs come in handy as shots fire across the field...
The doves start to descend en route to breakfast...
And Buddy is thrilled to finally get some action...
Where's the dove?... Sniff, sniff, circle, circle...
I just saw it here... where did it go?...
I've been waiting all morning for this moment!
AHA!
Yihaw!
Yippi! The sweet payoff of a dove…
Dove hunting starts a little later than most hunts. 5:30 am to be exact.
It's a social affair... a cooler full of beverages, talking, laughing, dogs running around in circles. And some good ear plugs.
It takes place in the fields not the woods. The doves come down at sunrise to feed on the corn, sunflower seeds…
I just finished an Adventure Getaway in Texas with a big group of wonderful women from all over the map. We had been sold out for 6 months and I had a long waiting list of women wanting to attend. I don't like leaving people out so I have planned another one for this coming…
This recipe for Chukar with Cabbage and Chestnuts is a wonderful game bird recipe because it can be interchanged with any other game bird meat of choice, or even domestic bird meat if you'd like. Chukar is a lighter game bird meat, similar to pheasant or chicken breast. This recipe also works well with grouse.…
I live for figs, and August is the peak of fig season. As I write this I'm on my way out the door to meet an urban farmer who has an oasis of figs for me to pick. I heard about him and knew I had to meet him. I've been looking through my fig…
I recently took a cooking class at 137 Pillars in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The chef took us to the local markets and we wandered through the colorful stalls and tried various delights, things I hadn't seen or tasted before, flavor combinations that were completely new to me in my years working as a professional chef.…
We just finished this year's Adventure Getaway and it was our best one yet. They really do get better every year, just when I think it isn't possible, it somehow turns out to be. I always walk away thinking there is some sort of magic fairy dust sprinkled all over these trips. The women come…