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.

Italian

Duck Meatballs

How to make the quintessential Italian meatball, from any meat - including some wild ducks and geese not normally known for good eating. It's all in the method...

Venison

Portuguese Braised Deer Shank

Nothing like a nasty winter rainstorm to get me braising meats -- in this case a Portuguese style braised venison shank, with fresh nettles and celery root puree mixed with mascarpone cheese.

Recipe

The Mechanics of Eating Acorns

Everything you need to know using acorns for food. When to collect, what kind of oaks are best, how to leach out the bitter tannins, how to store the acorns, make acorn flour - and acorn flour pasta.

Fish

How to Make Caviar

Caviar has always had a hold on me. It is a mysterious ingredient, almost otherworldy; the individual eggs look like jewels…

Recipe

Prickly Pear Syrup

Well into my adulthood, all I knew about prickly pears was that they are the fruit of a cactus, the…