Charcuterie

Chinese Bacon

And you thought bacon was a Western thing, didn't you? Not so. In fact, this Chinese bacon might be my favorite style yet...

Essays and Stories

NOMA: Time and Place and Meaning

After months of struggling with NOMA, the cookbook from the Danish restaurant considered to be the best in the world, I finally get it. Food is about time, and place. And meaning.

Recipe

Stinging Nettle Spaetzle

I absolutely love my spaetzle maker, and have been working on flavored spaetzle all winter. This one, a stinging nettle spaetzle, I made to celebrate the coming of spring.

Recipe

Duck Fat Hollandaise

Yes, it's true. You can make a classic hollandaise sauce with duck fat. And not just any duck fat - wild duck fat. It's just waiting for asparagus. You know you want some.

Venison

Venison Soup

A hearty venison soup based off a classic Scotch broth, with barley, turnips, carrots -- and an ingredient dear to the Scots, fresh chopped nettles.

Fish

Swedish Pickled Herring

Herring and sardines spoil so fast that most of us eat them already salted or pickled. Here's how to make pickled herring from fresh fish caught from the San Francisco Bay.

French

Duck Gizzards Confit

This is my favorite way to eat duck or goose gizzards. Sliced thin and tossed with a simple saute of wild mushrooms -- I mostly use chanterelles or hedgehogs -- it's a killer dish.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Squid Ink Risotto

I've compiled more than 325 recipes on Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, many I've never actually blogged about. Starting today, I will be featuring a few of my favorites every month.

Foraging

Harvesting Bull Pine Nuts

The more I work with wild nuts, the more I appreciate the ones you buy in the store. Shelling wild pine nuts is not the most exciting thing I've ever done, but I'm glad I did it.

Wild Game

Why Salt Matters

I used to think that all that fancy French salt was bunk, that it was all a scam. Sodium chloride is sodium chloride, right? Wrong. I now know that all salts are not created equal.

Wild Game

Roast Woodcock: A Dream Fulfilled

I finally get a chance to cook woodcock, thanks to a friend who traded some to me recently. This is the most sought-after game bird in America - and for good reason.