How-To (DIY stuff)
Prickly Pear Juice
How to make prickly pear juice, known in Mexico as agua de tuna. How to juice a prickly pear without getting the spines in your hand!
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
Pan-Seared Woodcock
A simple woodcock recipe you can do in a pan. Serve this with wild rice, roasted mushrooms and Brussels sprouts.
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.
Foraging
All About Lambsquarters, or Huauzontles
Lambsquarters are considered a weed but are really a fantastic edible green that probably lives in your yard right now.
How-To (DIY stuff)
How to Cook Nopales
Nopales, prickly pear cactus paddles, are delicious, but you need to know some tricks to cook nopales without slime.
Foraging
13 Ramps Recipes to Try This Spring
Ramps have become an extremely popular wild food every spring, where you can see them featured on restaurant menus far…
How-To (DIY stuff)
How to Clean Nopales
How to clean nopales, prickly pear cactus paddles. Step by step instructions, with a video, on how to remove spines from nopales.
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.
Foraging
Fireweed Tea
Fireweed tea is a fermented, black tea like store-bought, only made from the leaves of fireweed, Chamaenerion angustifolium.
Wild Game
Fancy Pigeon
A band-tailed pigeon recipe that uses ingredients from where these game birds live. Acorn spatzle, a pigeon jus, pine nuts and various pickled fruits.
American Recipes
Doves with Prickly Pear BBQ Sauce
A damn good barbecue sauce featuring the fruit of the prickly pear, also called a tuna.
Berries and Fruits
Pickled Blueberries
Pickled blueberries - blueberries or huckleberries (or really any small berry) preserved in a semi-sweet vinegar. Use them alongside meat or poultry.
