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…
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…
*Update:* The winner is... Gloria.
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I met a woman named Elana not too long ago. We met in a hallway of a hotel at a conference and as soon as we met I felt like I had known her for a…
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…
I have a friend named Nate. The first time I heard about him, I was told he was brewing beer in his bathtub.
I was intrigued.
Nate also makes wine.
Nate is also a scientist. This lead me to believe that wine making is over my head. But it turns out it's not really.
I spent some time with…
And the winner is....Rory Allison "I love me a pumpkin cookie that my wife makes. It is more cakey then cookie but with hot chocolate it is divine." Congrats Rory! Email me at georgia at georgiapellegrini dot com to claim your prize!
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Here is a fun treat for a Thursday. A double giveaway.
Since the holidays are…
Standing in the fields at Joshua Creek was a special kind of experience. There is a mystical quality in the rooster pheasant as he shoots into the air like a feathered arrow, in all his green and red and purple, and speckled brown-black. The long spike of his tail feathers taper for aerodynamic flight and…
As you may know by now, based on the affair I've been having with sriracha, and my infatuation with chicken wings... I like spicy foods.
I love spicy foods.
I would make sacrifices for spicy foods.
I think I've run out of hot sauces to try. Well I thought I did, but then my friend…