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…
Do you ever have scraps of meat that you're not sure what to do with? Save your scraps in the freezer and then grind them up or chop them well and use them as a delicious pizza topping. This pizza dough recipe is great to make in advance and store it in the freezer in…
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…
Before I show you this recipe, I thought I should mention that if you like exotic meats like Wagyu Beef, Venison, Elk, Lamb and Bison, I'm giving away an organic Exotic Burger Collection from Fossil Farms on my Facebook Page, so be sure and enter!Now for the recipe...I just finished a mini road trip through…
A few weeks ago I was blessed to end up, somehow, serendipitously, among some of my favorite people who also happen to be food bloggers. We met at Ree's ranch in Oklahoma and I'll tell you more about the magic of the place later. But now, I'll tell you about some of the deliciousness that…
I haven't spent much time with garlic scapes. Ramps yes, green garlic yes, wild garlic yes, wild onions yes, garlic scapes no.But they behave similarly to the others mentioned above and since their curly tendrils at the farmers market looked rather inviting, I decided to play with them.This is what I made, and I think…
In honor of the gratuitous number of shots of me eating steak on last night's Iron Chef episode, I thought this recipe was in order for today.Now before all of the hard core Chicago beef sandwich eaters start freaking out, let me tell you that this recipe is very much my own version... it's not…