There something about campfire eating.Maybe it's the coziness or the color. Maybe it's the flavor the wood and smoke impart on the food.I just took a trip to Arkansas and we did quite a lot of campfire eating.The very first thing I ate when I arrived were those things in the shovel. Can you see…
This is one of the many food items I made out of the gizzards and hearts and liver and legs from my New Orleans duck hunt. It is called a terrine, a Wild Duck Terrine.A terrine is a piece of architecture which takes several days of work. There are many components that go into it…
Aside from eating a lot of beignets and muffuletta in New Orleans, I also went duck hunting. I had been planning it with a friend down there since September. I had never been to New Orleans but decided it just had to be in the "Girl Hunter" book. It just had to.And so we got…
The first official hunt I ever went on was in Arkansas with the Commissioner of Fish and Game. He was the family of a friend of mine, and I was told that hunting with him was something people bid on at auctions. Down in Arkansas, he was a bigger deal than the President of the…
Life is funny sometimes. Actually life is usually funny. It is rare that life behaves. I have experienced a lot of serendipitous events in the past two years, I'm not sure why, I like to think that someone is watching over me and choreographing it all while I write, and travel, and travel, and write,…
While I'm gallivanting around England, eating Scotch eggs and sloe gin and hunting birds and developing a British accent, I thought I'd share with you the photos I took of my wonderful experience at Cheyenne Ridge signature lodge in South Dakota last week. This beautiful place was also part of the Beretta Trident program (just…
I was just in Texas Hill Country in a beautiful place called Joshua Creek Ranch.It is part of the Beretta Trident program, and one of only 4 ranches in the country to receive a Beretta Trident... it's kind of like the Michelin Guide to the hunting world.Behind the Scenes:When I have a camera crew following…
The Porch House:This is the magical little house I stayed in, with it's spectacular views of the creek and the sunset.[nggallery id=34]The Main Residence:This is the home of Ann and Joe Kercheville, who are my favorite people in Hill Country. Their home belongs in architectural digest.[nggallery id=35]The Lodge:This is the lodge where folks come to…
I just spent a few days in the beautiful Montana. The whole place is like a vast oil painting, I've never seen colors quite like it. The sky matches the Fall trees most of the time, and when it's not, it's casting a florescent kind of light on every nook and cranny of the earth…