Recipe
How to Make Mustard
I've been making mustard at home for years, but until I had a conversation with another food blogger last week, I never realized that making mustard is a mystery to most. It shouldn't be.
Recipe
Hunting Sharptail Grouse
A year ago my friend Chris and I hunted ruffed grouse in Minnesota. Since then we've decided to chase every grouse species in North America -- this year's quarry? Sharptails in North Dakota.
Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi
How to Make Pici Pasta
I had a few questions about the pici pasta with tomato-fennel sauce I made last week, so I thought I'd do step by step instructions on how to make pici by hand.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
Beer Can Pheasant
It's hot. I don't feel like cooking outside much. And I have lots of wild game in the freezer still. What to do? BBQ! Been meaning to try beer can pheasant for a while - and it works!
Foraging
Sassafras and Homemade Root Beer
On Independence Day, what better wild ingredient to feature than Sassafras? The aromatic bark, leaves and roots were the first plant exported from North America to Europe.
Recipe
Mulberry Sorbet
A chance encounter with a mulberry tree just a few hundred yards from my home sparked me to pick what, for me, had been an unloved fruit for many years. Now I am a changed man...
Foraging
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?
Recipe
Beachcomber’s Risotto
Sometimes foraging, fishing and clamming at the seaside only results in a few of anything - clams, crabs, fish, etc. What to do? Make a mixed seafood meal.
Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi
Spaghetti alla Chitarra
Some men have cars as toys, others electronics. My toys are pasta-makling gadgets, and the Italian chitarra is one of my favorite - it lets you play your pasta like an instrument.
Wild Game
Sardinian Hare Stew
Hares and jackrabbits are almost always poor man's meat, and this Sardinian hare stew takes simple ingredients and makes them special. It's good cold weather food that can stretch a long way in tight times.
Preservation Recipes
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.
Recipe
Venison Swedish Meatballs
What could be better than authentic Swedish meatballs? Authentic Swedish meatballs made with moose meat and sauced with highbush cranberries and cream, that's what.
