Yellowfoot Chanterelles, My Secret Ingredient

No mushroom forms more of a backbone to my cooking than does the humble yellowfoot chanterelle. I will drive great distances in search of it, just so I have enough to get me through the dry months.

Wild Duck Jerky or Goose Jerky

Who doesn't love jerky? Good jerky - dry but not brittle, spicy but not overpowering - is God's gift to road food. Once made, this wild duck jerky will keep for months.

Eating Everything But the Quack

Duck season is winding down, and we're in our groove: Hunting, plucking, dressing and cooking the waterfowl we bring home. Over the years I've found uses for every part of the bird.

How to Make Smoked Duck

If you have never smoked a duck before you really ought to. Duck and goose lend themselves to the caresses of smoke: They're rich, fatty and are wonderful as leftovers in sandwiches.

Duck Jerky

Who doesn’t love jerky? I mean, really. It is a staple in the duck blind, and duck or goose jerky…

English Duck Pie

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

Black Walnuts and Holiday Cheer

Of all the things I hunt, fish or forage for, nothing requires as much effort as shelling black walnuts. But it's worth it. Black walnuts are to regular walnuts as a diamond is to cubic zirconium.

Cooking Goose Meat

Canada geese get a bad rap. Sky carp. Stinky, arrogant hissing birds. Yeah, Canadas can be nasty. But cooking a real, wild, Canada goose offers pleasures other waterfowl simply lack.

Wild Duck Meatballs

Why is this recipe under “breasts?” Because this is one thing you can do with the breasts of “garbage ducks” that may…

Confit, Rillettes, Terrines

Find It Fast About | Confit | Rilletes, Pates & Terrines About This is something of a grab bag category,…

Bacon, Jerky, Hams, etc

Find It Fast About: Whole Meats vs. Salami | Where Beginners Should Start Recipes: Bacon | Hams & Other Whole…

Toulouse Sausage

Toulouse sausages are the classic ingredient in cassoulet, that hearty bean, confit and pork extravaganza that is a hallmark of…