Mexican

Nopales en Escabeche

A recipe for nopales en escabeche, pickled nopales from Mexico. Prickly pear cactus pads, diced and piickled with jalapenos, carrots and onions.

Ducks and Geese

Duck Confit

Everything you need to know about how to make duck confit or goose confit at home.

Mexican

Venison Carne Seca

Carne seca is Mexican jerky, but they typically pound it into threads to make machaca, with you eat in a sauce.

Featured

Venison Marinades

I don't always marinate venison, but here's when I do, why I do it and how to go about it.

Mexican

Mexican Chorizo

Mexican chorizo is very different from its Spanish cousin. Mexican chorizo is softer, spicier and more floral than Spanish chorizo.…

Foraging

Fireweed Tea

Fireweed tea is a fermented, black tea like store-bought, only made from the leaves of fireweed, Chamaenerion angustifolium.

Wild Game

Wild Hog BBQ

Wild hog BBQ is a little bit different from regular pulled pork because a wild pig takes longer to barbecue. Here's how to make your own wild hog pulled pork.

Wild Game

On Plucking Birds

To pluck or skin? It's a question all bird hunters face. Most of a bird's distinctive flavor is in its skin and fat, but plucking can be tricky. Here's how to go about it.

Foraging

How to Make Mesquite Bean Syrup

If you live where mesquite trees do -- and that's much of the Southwest from California to Texas -- you can make a fantastic mesquite bean syrup very easily with a slow cooker. Here's how to do it.

Foraging

Homemade Root Beer Syrup

Homemade root beer is easy to make when you use this syrup as a base. No fermentation needed, you just add it to sparkling water and you're done. And if you live east of the Great Plains, sassafras lives everywhere.