This is a twist on traditional squirrel and dumplings: Squirrel legs braised in wine, then served with pumpkin dumplings, kale and pecans.
Wild Game
Turkey and Bean Soup
A recipe for turkey and bean soup with bacon and sausage tossed in for good measure. This is basically a Southern cassoulet.
Pigeon, Dove or Duck Ragu
This is a long-simmered, intensely flavorful sauce for doves, pigeons, ducks, or sharp-tailed grouse.
Duck with Turnips and Rye Spaetzle
This dish is so simple, all the flavors come together beautifully. And if you’ve never made homemade spatzle, it’s easier than you think.
Senegalese Elk Mafe
Mafe is a slow simmered braise of shanks or shoulder. Lots of peanuts, some chiles and a whole lotta awesome.
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.
In Defense of the Pigeon
Pigeons deserve our respect both as a game bird, and as table fare.
Grilled Partridges with Tomato Salad
As we say farewell to the hot weather of summer — and for many, our tomato patches — here is a fantastically simple way to enjoy a small bird such as a partridge, chukar, quail or game hen.