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Senegalese Elk Mafe
Mafe is a slow simmered braise of shanks or shoulder. Lots of peanuts, some chiles and a whole lotta awesome.
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A Foraged Tea
Fireweed Tea
Fireweed tea is a fermented, black tea like store-bought, only made from the leaves of fireweed, Chamaenerion angustifolium.
A Hunt on a Plate
Fancy Pigeon
A band-tailed pigeon recipe that uses ingredients from where these game birds live. Acorn spatzle, a pigeon jus, pine nuts and various pickled fruits.
Loving the Unloved
In Defense of the Pigeon
Pigeons deserve our respect both as a game bird, and as table fare.
Handy Dandy
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Hi There!
My name is Hank Shaw.
I write. I cook. I hunt, 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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