How-To (DIY stuff)

How to Grow Chaya, or ‘Tree Spinach’

How to grow and cook with chaya, Cnidoscolus aconitifolius, also called tree spinach. Chaya is a nutritious, hot-weather green used a lot in tamales.

Fish

Smoked Trout Dip

Smoked trout dip is a classic appetizer in and around the Great Lakes. Here's how to make it at home. I use lake trout, but any trout works, as will other oily fish like mackerel or mullet.

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Alabama White Sauce

Alabama white sauce is a white BBQ sauce almost always used with poultry. It is mainly a vinegar and mayonnaise sauce, with other spices.

Italian

Italian Salsa Verde with Halibut

Italian salsa verde, served with halibut. This is a classic Italian green sauce recipe, with lots of herbs, garlic, capers and olive oil.

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Weisswurst Sausage

A classic German sausage made from white meats and flavored with lemon, parsley and spices.

Recipe

British Duck Pie

When life gives you lots of ducks, make a duck pie. This is a British meat pie, filled with lots…

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Homemade Sheboygan Brats

This was the first sausage I ever learned to make, in Wisconsin. It's a traditional "white brat" made with veal, pork, or turkey.

Asian

Chinese Red Pork

Hunan red cooked pork, made with either wild pigs or black bear meat. So good. So easy!

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Crab Deviled Eggs

A simple recipe for either party appetizers, a light lunch, or a snack. Beware: Crab deviled eggs are addictive.

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Venison and Kidney Pie

A traditional British steak and kidney pie recipe using venison. I use shanks, shoulder or neck here, because the long cooking makes a better filling.

Asian

Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup

Taiwanese beef noodle soup is serious Asian comfort food. It's made with shanks, beef in most cases, venison here. This makes a silky broth.