Recipe

Swedish Potato Dumplings

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

Greek

Warm Crab Salad with Peppers

A Greek dish of warm crab salad with peppers, mostly sweet bell peppers, served with red onions and lots of herbs.

American Recipes

Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

A classic smooth butternut squash soup, spiked with bacon and garnished with pumpkin seeds and smoked paprika.

Recipe

Venison Pierogis

How to make meat-filled pierogis the Polish way. Not an empanada and not a potsticker, it's Eastern Europe's gift to dumplings.

Recipe

Deviled Kidneys

A classic British deviled kidneys recipe, made with deer kidneys. I guarantee this will make a kidney lover out of you!

Wild Game

Sausage Stuffed Jalapeños

Everyone loves sausage stuffed peppers, and my favorites are with the big, relatively mild jalapenos you can buy these days.

Recipe

Deviled Crab

A classic deviled crab recipe using the shells as a container; you can use bowls or ramekins, too. Any kind of crab works here.

Spanish

Salt Cod Fritters

Salt cod fritters, Spanish style. Called bunelos de bacalao in Spanish, you can make these with any salted fish.

Greek

Greek Dolmades, Stuffed Grape Leaves

Stuffed grape leaves are a fantastic vehicle for all sorts of tasty fillings. These are vegetarian stuffed grape leaves.

Fish

Mexican Aguachile

Aguachile is basically Mexican yellowtail sashimi - or raw whatever seafood you want. Commonly done with shrimp, aguachile is a cousin of ceviche.

Appetizers and Snacks

Crab Ceviche

Tostadas de ceviche are a thing in Mexico: crab ceviche, or any seafood, on a crunchy corn tostada.

Venison

Seared Venison Kidneys

I hear you: You can eat deer kidney? Yep, you can. And what’s more, done right, they’re kind of amazing.…