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Spicy Links
Spicy Italian Sausage
As a Jersey boy, hot Italian sausage has been a part of my life forever. Here’s my recipe for this classic link.
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Hawaiian Comfort Food
Halibut Poke
Like ceviche or sashimi, this is a clean, Asian-style raw fish salad, a Hawaiian specialty.
Appreciating the Overlooked
A Grain of Wheat
I hand harvested a bit of wheat recently. The process made me realize how much we ignore the grains that sustain us.
Sweet Treat
Candied Angelica
Angelica is a giant herb that grows wild all over the cooler areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Candying its hollow stems is a great way to enjoy angelica or lovage.
Handy Dandy
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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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Grilling Season
Wild Food on the Grill
Grilled Octopus, Greek Style
As we close out summer, I refuse to give up the grill just yet. And while I did not actually catch these little octopi, I just had to share with you one of my favorite appetizers of all time: Grilled baby octopus, a Greek classic.
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Grilled Duck Breast
Grilled duck breast – or in this case grilled specklebelly goose breast – is a bedrock skill for any waterfowler. But it can be tricky, depending on how fat your birds are. Here’s how to go about it without ruining your grill.
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Grilled Fish on the ‘Half Shell’
I don’t normally get excited about rockfish. They are easy to catch, and are often small. But recently in Alaska, I caught a gigantic yelloweye rockfish. I was giddy, and knew exactly what to do with it: Grilled redfish, or in this case “orange fish,” on the half shell.
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