Appetizers and Snacks Archives

Mushrooms

Mushroom Spinach Frittata

An easy Italian cross between an omelet and a quiche, this frittata is stuffed with wild mushrooms and wild spinach.

Scandinavian

Swedish Potato Dumplings

Swedish potato dumplings, kroppkakor, filled with shredded meat and fried in butter, then served with caramelized onions and lingonberries.

Mushrooms

Grilled Mushrooms

Grilled mushrooms are a great way to move what's normally a cold weather ingredient outdoors. This recipe works with any meaty mushroom.

Fish

Smoked Salmon Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs are one of those foods I have a hard time controlling myself with. These deviled eggs, made with smoked salmon, are especially good.

Appetizers and Snacks

Chinese Scallion Pancakes

Chinese style scallion pancakes -- really flatbreads -- are super easy to make and are a dangerously addicting snack.

British

Potted Shrimp

A recipe for British potted shrimp, made with tiny pink cocktail shrimp, which are one of the most sustainable shrimp you can buy. Easy and tasty!

Recipe

Wild Rice Salad

A fresh and bright wild rice salad recipe that mimics Crisp and Green's "wild child" salad. I use grouse, wild rice and dried wild berries.

Venison

Venison Liver and Onions

Venison liver and onions is a bedrock deer liver recipe you will want to learn. I normally don't like liver, so this recipe is for skeptics like me. I genuinely loved this dish.

American Recipes

Oyster Stew

A recipe for Southern oyster stew, a simple, brothy, creamy soup that highlights fresh oysters. It's a tradition in the South and, surprisingly, the Midwest.

Recipe

Panzanella di Mare

Panzanella di mare is an Italian bread salad with tinned fish. This is a winter panzanella with black kale, squash and sage. It's versatile, too.

Mexican

Huitlacoche Quesadilla

A recipe for huitlacoche quesadillas. Huitlacoche, "corn smut," is a mushroom that grows on corn, and is amazing cooked with chile and onion on a tortilla.