Want to learn how to hunt but haven’t the faintest idea how? This should help get you started – but you need to begin your journey soon, as hunting season will soon be here…
How-To (DIY stuff)
How to Cut Up a Rabbit
I get a surprisingly large amount of queries about how to cut up a whole rabbit or hare. So here you go: Step by step instructions, as well as a recipe for Buttermilk Fried Rabbit!
On a Ramp-age
After many years without them, I finally get my hands on some ramps – that wild onion everyone’s talking about. Are they worth the hype?
Foraging Mallow – Hiding in Plain Sight
An offhanded remark leads me down the rabbit hole in search of the mysterious – yet ubiquitous – mallow plant. Who knew how important this weed was to the Eastern Mediterranean?
Eat Your Lawn
If you live in a warm-winter climate, now is the time to take care of those “weeds” in your lawn by pulling them up — and eating them. Many common lawn weeds are excellent in salads and as a potherb.
On Making Homemade Pasta
Making pasta at home is a soothing process I find utterly absorbing: knead, roll, cut, fill, shape. Pasta-making has become a journey for me, with endless combinations of flours and ingredients.
Preserved Lemons
Preserved lemons are not just the province of Morocco. Methods of preserving or pickling lemons exist wherever they are grown, including 19th century America.
Acorn Cake and Acorns Around the World
One of the first questions I had as I began researching acorns years ago was what do other groups do with them? The literature is dominated by roughly hewn recipes from either various American Indian groups or hippies. Neither, quite frankly, are recipes I am overly jazzed about. Oaks live all over the world, from Asia