There are certain recipes that are so versatile, that they are a perfect place to incorporate your favorite meat, especially those extra scraps that you don’t know what to do with. One of my favorite such recipes is fried rice—full of bold flavor, spice and sweetness and a perfect base in which to incorporate duck,…
These are the facts that we know:1. There was an apple tree and a pear tree growing nicely outside the cabin minding their own business. They were producing nice fruit and dropping it on the ground at their leisure.2. In the morning there were claw marks down the side of the pear tree and most…
I know you've been waiting on the edge of your seats, clicking refresh, just dying to know what I did with all of that turkey meat I hauled off the field and field dressed. Right?Right?.... Is this thing on?The moment has come! First up, is Whiskey Glazed Turkey Breast. Turkey and whiskey, what could not…
One of the questions I get most often from interviewers is "what is your favorite wild animal dish?"I always describe this one.From the first moment I tasted it, it earned itself a special place in the crevices of my mind.This is a whole wild hog, marinated for days and then smoked for many hours.There is…
This is a delicious little dish I made while bird hunting in Montana. You should really try it. Even if you don't have a partridge handy, it will work with other bird meat... like chicken for example. I recommend keeping the bone in whatever meat you use so the meat doesn't dry out.These are the…
Tenderloin. Is there anything better?Please name it.Go ahead... I'll wait....... .... ....That's what I thought.Tenderloin...the stuff of Gods.There were dozens of deer aging in Paul Michael's snazzy cement hanging room at deer camp. And he let me go in and pull the tenderloins from as many as I wanted. Christmas come early, I say! I…
I want to share with you the strange things that are coming out of my garden.This carrot for example, which looks like a chicken:Or this scale-tipping carrot...a 1.125 pounder.There was a 1.5 pounder even, but I ate it. I turned it into carrot soup.I never think of carrot soup except in the moment that I'm eating…
Tis the season for rhubarb. This is a rhubarb chutney recipe I developed while at Gramercy Tavern which we used on the spring cheese plate. You'll notice that the sweet and sour components of the rhubarb bring out different qualities in the cheeses, flavors you don't get when eating the cheese alone.“Rhubarb Chutney”
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