Recipe
Grouse Salad with Barley and Tomatoes
Another good recipe for the dog days of August: Grouse salad with Sungold tomatoes and barley. It's meant to be eaten warm or at room temperature, on the porch at sunset, beer in hand.
Fish
Thai Fish Curry
One of the best things to make when you have firm fish such as shark, swordfish or sturgeon is a stew. And in summer, I love me some Thai green curry when I catch sharks and sturgeon.
Italian
Wild Turkey Parmesan
Wild turkey parmesan? Oh hell, yeah! Not the fanciest dish I've ever made, but it sure is good. It's a great way to introduce someone to wild turkey.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
Pheasant and Dumplings
I never used to think chicken and dumplings was worth making. But I was wrong, and the dish is even better with pheasant or grouse.
Essays and Stories
On Killing
Hunting season brings with it a flood of emotions. Elation when you succeed, frustration when you do not, and always a deep contemplation about what it means to kill for food.
Recipe
Roast Hungarian Partridge
Never before have I hunted so long and so hard for so little. If there is a game bird more elusive than the Hungarian partridge in Montana, I've yet to meet it.
Recipe
Woodcock, Rejuvenation and Light
I can see light at the end of the tunnel. My book tour is nearly over, and I'm feeling good about the last week of events. So I was in a fine state of mind for a woodcock hunt in Michigan last week.
Recipe
Grouse, Solitude and Solace
I hunted grouse in Minnesota last weekend, but did not shoot one. That's OK, because what I really needed in the Northwoods was quiet - and to escape the world within the comforts of cooking.
Spanish
Chilindron, Spanish Stew
Chilindron, a Spanish stew dominated by roasted red peppers, paprika and onions, is one of my favorite dishes. It's so versatile it works with almost any meat.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
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.
Pheasant, Grouse, Quail
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.
Public Events
I’ll be the camp chef at the Pineridge Grouse Camp in Remer, Minnesota this coming season, which runs from late…
