How-To (DIY stuff)
Texas Hot Links
How to make Texas-style hot links sausage at home. Hot links are spicy and smoked, and can be pork, beef or both. I'm using pork and venison here.
How-To (DIY stuff)
How to make Texas-style hot links sausage at home. Hot links are spicy and smoked, and can be pork, beef or both. I'm using pork and venison here.
Mushrooms
A fun, summertime recipe for chanterelle pasta: Pasta with chanterelle mushrooms, sweet corn, cherry tomatoes and basil. You could use other mushrooms, too, found or bought.
Fish
Fried walleye is a classic for a reason: Crispy on the outside, flaky on the inside. The method here is buttermilk fried fish, and it works with all firm, white fish.
Fish
How to make the best potato fish cakes. Potato fish cakes are the "other" style of fish cake. No breadcrumbs here. Any flaky fish works, freshwater or salt.
Venison
My take on venison casserole is, more or less, baked ziti, a classic Italian American dish. Ground venison, sausage, pasta, cheese and tomatoes. What's not to love?
Recipe
Pickled fennel is awesome alongside poultry or fish, or with salami. This is a sweet-sour pickle with a hint of vanilla - surprisingly good with fennel bulbs.
How-To (DIY stuff)
Venison sausage with sage is a recipe I designed a long time ago, after returning from a deer hunting trip…
How-To (DIY stuff)
Turkey schnitzel, or turkey cutlets, are easy to make, delicious, and versatile - change the sauce and you change the vibe. Here's how to cook them.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
It is not uncommon to come home with enough pheasants to make pheasant sausage, especially if you hunt pen-raised birds.…
Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi
Stinging nettle risotto rocks. It is the essence of “green,” and is super healthy, too. What’s more, blanched nettles will…
How-To (DIY stuff)
There is nothing exotic or unusual about this garlic sausage, except maybe that I am using venison along with the…
Fish
If you don’t know how to debone a shad, and that’s not easy, smoked shad is the best way to…