Salmon and Trout
Six Days of Salmon
Salmon, especially king salmon, are the pigs of the aquatic world. Large, fatty, with significant differences in flavor from cut…
Salmon and Trout
Salmon, especially king salmon, are the pigs of the aquatic world. Large, fatty, with significant differences in flavor from cut…
Recipe
I’ve made a lot of escabeche in my time, and read scores of recipes from all over the world. This…
Foraging
Harvesting elderberries is a rite of summer or early autumn for people all over the United States, Canada and Europe.…
Charcuterie
Coppa di testa. In France it is Fromage de tete. In England, it’s called brawn. All decent enough names; but…
How-To (DIY stuff)
For a time, my favorite coffee was New Orleans style, where the coffee is cut with roasted, ground chicory root.…
Fish
Unless you are an eater of American shad, that giant river-running herring anglers greet eagerly every spring, you might not fully…
Recipe
May is a wonderful month. Flowers are everywhere, fishing is getting into gear and the summer garden is laden with…
How-To (DIY stuff)
I see salsify. It’s everywhere. And I didn’t know it was salsify. Until now. We have had wild salsify root…
How-To (DIY stuff)
Why bother making homemade paprika? Fair question. After all, the Spanish and Hungarians are better at it than we ever…
Wild Game
I have been making a lot of sausages lately, and as each batch will typically give me some new insight into…
Charcuterie
Can you eat roosters? Yes, you can eat roosters. Here is a story about a strange gift, an unusual challenge,…
Recipe
This dish is my little way of protesting an opinion piece that appeared in the New York Times recently suggesting…