Foraging
Acorn Muffins
Acorn muffins. Yep, muffins. You use acorn flour and some acorn grits plus dried fruit to make a helluva breakfast muffin.
Wild Game
Jesse’s Fried Snipe
Crispy, sweet, spicy, garlicky fried birds. Addicting. I use snipe, but doves and quail work, too.
Recipe
Cajun Dirty Rice
Dirty rice is basically Cajun fried rice, and is the easiest way to start eating the giblets of the birds you bring home. Try it and you'll be hooked.
Foraging
Wild Rice with Mushrooms
Wild rice, wild mushrooms, caramelized onions. What's not to love? This is a perfect side dish for wild game like venison or duck or pheasant.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
Roast Sharp-tailed Grouse
A simple method for cooking all dark meat grouse, like prairie chickens, spruce grouse or sharpies.
Wild Game
Bacon Wrapped Dove
Dove breasts, marinated in Moroccan spices, stuffed in a date, wrapped in bacon and grilled. What's not to love?
Wild Game
Fried Doves and What They Eat
What goes together in life goes together on the plate. Fried dove breasts served with a pilaf of wheat, corn and edamame soy beans - things doves eat.
Salmon and Trout
Seared Salmon with Avocado Salsa
Salmon with avocado salsa. This is chinook salmon, California style. Simple. Easy. Fresh.
Fish
Halibut Poke
Like ceviche or sashimi, this is a clean, Asian-style raw fish salad, a Hawaiian specialty.
Fish
Southern Fish and Grits
Tripletail is a fish I've been chasing for years. I finally got one in Alabama recently, so I figured I had to cook it Southern style.
Recipe
Salmon Dip
This is actually a salmon mousse, but that sounds a too frou-frou. Really it's an easy, smooth salmon dip that uses fresh and smoked salmon. Great on crackers for parties.