Pheasant Piccata

Chicken or veal piccata, simple cutlets of meat served with a zingy lemon-butter-caper sauce, is a dish that speaks to my childhood -- memories that all came flooding back when I made it again recently.

Sichuan Rabbit with Peanuts

I love Fuchsia Dunlop's Chinese cookbooks, in no small part because she includes game recipes in them. This is my version of Sichuan Rabbit, which I made with a cottontail Holly brought home.

Venison Steak Diane

Steak Diane may be retro, but it's a perfect recipe for venison backstraps. Normally made with beef, the "Diane" in the dish is Diana, Roman Goddess of the Hunt. So venison just seemed right...

Pheasant Salad with Fennel

Most of the country is suffering from triple-digit heat, and no one wants to be in the kitchen. Thus, this cooling pheasant (or chicken) salad that relies on a gentle - and unique - poaching method.

Mushroom Swiss Burger

Inspired by a beef-and-mushroom burger I made, this version, with venison and morel mushrooms, is even better! Venison and mushrooms are a natural combination.

Venison Chili

Venison chili. What's not to love? Everyone has his own version, and I'm no exception. I'll wager you've never seen a chile recipe quite like this one: It's taken me many years to perfect it.

Corned Gizzards and Cabbage

I know, this should have been done in March. But trust me, this dish is worth the wait. It is easily the best offal dish I've ever made. I used to like gizzards. Now I love them!

Portuguese Linguica Sausages

I live in California's Central Valley, home to one of the nation's largest Portuguese-American communities. Linguica is their national sausage, and I thought it high time I made some.

Sharptail Grouse, Prairie Style

Sharptail grouse is strong-tasting, but I love it, especially when paired with flavors from the prairie where it lives: Wheat, sunflower seeds, wild onion and a rose hip glaze.

Calabrian Rabbit with Red Peppers

Rabbit is my chicken, my white meat. I eat it whenever I can, and am always in search of new and interesting rabbit recipes. This one from Calabria is especially good.

Venison Meat Pies

Inspired by a Sicilian Easter lamb pie, this venison pie is everything a hand-held meat pie should be: dense, flavorful -- and portable. It's like an Italian empanada.

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.