Mushrooms
Lies, Lust and a Golden Treasure
When a passerby asked recently if I'd found any chanterelles, I casually told him no, even though my pack was full of them. Hiding your secret spots is all part of living off the wild.
Mushrooms
Of Trumpets, Hedgehogs and Yellowfeet
The winter mushrooms of California's North Coast are popping in earnest: Hedgehogs, black trumpets, yellowfoot chanterelles and candy caps!
Wild Game
Roast Snipe and Slow Days
When the weather is balmy and the ducks aren't flying, head to the bogs and look for the mystical snipe.
Essays and Stories
Canvasback, King of Ducks
Few foods have the mystique of the canvasback duck, and when I was lucky enough to shoot one last week, I decided to delve into this mystique and cooked King Can the way they did a century ago.
Essays and Stories
On Killing
Hunting season brings with it a flood of emotions. Elation when you succeed, frustration when you do not, and always a deep contemplation about what it means to kill for food.
Recipe
Roast Hungarian Partridge
Never before have I hunted so long and so hard for so little. If there is a game bird more elusive than the Hungarian partridge in Montana, I've yet to meet it.
Recipe
Woodcock, Rejuvenation and Light
I can see light at the end of the tunnel. My book tour is nearly over, and I'm feeling good about the last week of events. So I was in a fine state of mind for a woodcock hunt in Michigan last week.
Recipe
Grouse, Solitude and Solace
I hunted grouse in Minnesota last weekend, but did not shoot one. That's OK, because what I really needed in the Northwoods was quiet - and to escape the world within the comforts of cooking.
Recipe
Sicilian Tuna Meatballs
Some days you remember forever. Last week I spent a couple days with a boatful of new friends, 40 miles offshore in search of tuna. We found them. Oh yes, people, we found them...
Wild Game
Doves with Prickly Pear BBQ Sauce
I spent Labor Day weekend in perhaps the best place in America to hunt doves: South Texas. I've never seen dove hunting like it, but I hope to see it again next year. Absolutely epic. To celebrate the hunt, I created a perfect grilling sauce to go with these birds.
Fish
Italian ‘Glutton’s Style’ Shark
It's summertime, and the fishing is easy. After an epic shark fishing trip in San Francisco Bay, I decided to celebrate summer with a classic Calabrian dish that uses lots of fresh tomatoes.
Essays and Stories
NOMA: Time and Place and Meaning
After months of struggling with NOMA, the cookbook from the Danish restaurant considered to be the best in the world, I finally get it. Food is about time, and place. And meaning.
