Mexican

Mexican Pacholas

Mexican pacholas are a sort of flattened meatball, seared quickly and served with salsa, rice and beans. Any ground meat works here; I used venison.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Nettle Risotto

Stinging nettle risotto rocks. It is the essence of “green,” and is super healthy, too. What’s more, blanched nettles will…

Appetizers and Snacks

Shrimp Empanadas

A cool recipe for shrimp empanadas that uses mashed plantains for the dough. The empanadas are then fried crispy. This recipe is from Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Italian

Arugula Pesto with Pasta

When life gives you arugula, you make arugula pesto. A peppery, bracing pesto that matches really well with homemade pasta, fish, shrimp, chicken, pheasant or quail.

Charcuterie

Lardo, Italian Cured Pork Fat

Lardo is one cured product you will almost never see done with wild game; I’m not saying it’s impossible, and…

How-To (DIY stuff)

Fried Empanadas

A recipe for fried empanadas, focusing on how to make the empanada dough for frying. I'll give you several possible fillings, but really anything goes here.

Ducks and Geese

Duck Sliders

Sliders, little hamburgers, are all the rage now, and it’s easy to make duck sliders from ground duck or goose…

Greek

Greek Braised Quail

Braised quail Greek style, with olives, lemon, celery and garlic. This is a simple recipe that also works with rabbit, partridge, pheasant and grouse.

Salmon and Trout

Smoked Salmon Tacos

Smoked salmon tacos aren't a thing in Mexico, but smoked marlin tacos are, and that's what these are modeled after. Easy, quick and tasty.

Venison

Smoked Venison Jerky

How to make smoked venison jerky at home. Slow smoking strips of deer meat until mostly dried and chewy is a great way to make venison jerky.

Venison

Venison Summer Sausage

My recipe for old school style venison summer sausage, where you dry age the sausages so they can keep for months in the fridge.

Mexican

Squash Blossom Quesadillas

How to make squash blossom quesadillas, called quesadillas de flor de calabaza in Spanish. They're simple: tortillas, cheese, blossoms, and refried beans.