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Pasta con le Sarde
Spaghetti with Anchovies
A recipe for spaghetti with anchovies, a take on the classic pasta con le sarde from Sardinia and Sicily. Any small fish works, though.
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Winter Comfort Food
Squash Gnocchi with Wild Mushrooms
An Italian classic. Squash gnocchi tossed with butter and sage, and, in this case, with wild mushrooms.
Tasty Bivalves
Smoked Oysters
Delicately smoked oysters are a fantastic appetizer or snack, and are great on pasta.
Choux Farci aux Canard
French Stuffed Cabbage
Cabbage leaves stuffed with wild duck, bread and herbs, then simmered in a light tomato sauce.
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My name is Hank Shaw.
I write. I cook. I fish, dig earth, forage, ferment things, brew beer, raise plants, live for food and chase God’s creatures. I drink Scotch or Bud, eat burgers or dine on caviar, depending on my mood or what day of the week it happens to be. I spend my days thinking about new ways to cook and eat anything that walks, flies, swims, crawls, skitters, jumps – or grows. This is my story.
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Duck Season!
My go-to recipes for waterfowl
Easy Roast Duck Legs
I love duck confit, but it can take a while to make. This is an easier way. If you roast duck legs with this method, you will get the same effect as confit but in less time. Meltingly tender meat with crisp skin. Do this recipe with either duck legs or goose legs.
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10 Ways to Eat Sea Ducks
If there is a more unloved game bird than the sea duck, I don’t know what it is. Treated as if they were puddle ducks, they earn that bad rep. But take them as they are and sea ducks can be good eating. Here’s what you need to know.
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Classic Duck Ragu
This is an Italian classic, sugo d’anatra, or duck ragu. It’s a meaty pasta sauce that uses slow-cooked duck legs or wings for the meat, and is damn good with any pasta or polenta, but especially good with pumpkin-ricotta gnocchi.
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