Fish

Smoked Trout Dip

Smoked trout dip is a classic appetizer in and around the Great Lakes. Here's how to make it at home. I use lake trout, but any trout works, as will other oily fish like mackerel or mullet.

Fish

Scallop Scampi

Scampi sauce, really butter, garlic and a little wine, is an Italian-American thing often served with shrimp. This is scallop scampi.

Fish

Pan Seared Grouper

Simple pan seared grouper or other white fish, served with a hearts of palm salad and key lime browned butter sauce. It's an ode to Florida.

Recipe

Alabama White Sauce

Alabama white sauce is a white BBQ sauce almost always used with poultry. It is mainly a vinegar and mayonnaise sauce, with other spices.

Foraging

Spruce Tip Syrup

Ever eat a tree? I know, I sound like Euell Gibbons. But really, you can eat the fresh growing tips…

Charcuterie

Unsmoked Bacon

This is a recipe for basic, unsmoked bacon, Called ‘green bacon,’ it is an unsmoked lightly cured pork belly made…

American Recipes

Buffalo Meatballs

A simple recipe for buffalo meatballs - like Buffalo chicken wings, only with meatballs. Any meat works here, even buffalo, in which case they'd be Buffalo Buffalo Meatballs.

Appetizers and Snacks

Garlic Butter Scallops

Garlic butter scallops is a simple, classic way to serve small or medium-sized scallops. Sear the scallops first, then toss in garlic butter.

American Recipes

Chorizo Burger

A chorizo burger is simply a hamburger made partly with Mexican chorizo. Here's how to make one at home, topped with Southwest flavors.

Venison

Smoked Venison Backstrap

This is how I smoke venison loin so it comes out like the best roast beef. Great for sandwiches!

Mexican

Carne con Chile

A recipe for Sonoran carne con chile, which is not what you think of as chili. This is braised venison or beef with a very simple chile sauce.

Recipe

Venison Pasties

A classic recipe for a venison or beef pasty, plus insights on how to tinker with this pasty recipe to make it your own.