Sweet Things

Fig Syrup

Tired of maple syrup? Make fig syrup. You can use fresh or fried figs, wild or store-bought.

Recipe

German Jägerschnitzel 

Jägerschnitzel is one of Germany’s best known dishes. Also spelled jaegerschnitzel, it means “hunter’s cutlets,” meat pounded thin and served with…

Italian

Arugula Pesto with Pasta

When life gives you arugula, you make arugula pesto. A peppery, bracing pesto that matches really well with homemade pasta, fish, shrimp, chicken, pheasant or quail.

Pheasant, Grouse, Quail

Kung Pao Pheasant

Classic kung pao pheasant or chicken, with peanuts, peppers, green onions, ginger and chiles. This is an easy pheasant stir fry recipe.

Recipe

Virginia Brunswick Stew

This is real-deal, old school Brunswick stew, with squirrels and other assorted meats. It is a dish with real history, and some controversy.

Ducks and Geese

Duck Fesenjan

A recipe for Persian fesenjan, made with duck or goose. Fesenjan is a thick stew that hinges on walnuts and pomegranate molasses. Chicken or pheasant work well, too.

Charcuterie

Goose Neck Sausage

Categorize cou farci, or goose neck sausage, under “hardcore wild game recipes.” Making sausages using a bird’s neck as a…

Venison

Roast Haunch of Venison

Roast haunch of venison immediately makes me think of a roaring fire, cold weather, a hunt, lots of booze and…

Recipe

Venison Bratwurst

My recipe for smoked venison bratwurst, made like the red bratwurst from State Street Brats in Madison, Wisconsin. Even if you don't like the Badgers, you'll like these links.

Mexican

Braised Pork with Purslane

Mexican pork with purslane, carne de puerco con verdolagas, is a common dish all over northern Mexico, and is a great way to eat this edible weed.

Italian

Red Pesto with Pasta

A simple recipe for red pesto, inspired by a similar pesto from Trapani in Sicily. It's is a sun dried tomato pesto with roasted red peppers.

American Recipes

Buffalo Meatballs

A simple recipe for buffalo meatballs - like Buffalo chicken wings, only with meatballs. Any meat works here, even buffalo, in which case they'd be Buffalo Buffalo Meatballs.