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Duck Hot Dogs
Yep. I went there. I made an all-duck hot dog, from wild ducks no less. It is as awesome as it looks!
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Chanterelles with Pumpkin Spaetzle
It's chanterelle season in California, and we're gorging ourselves on them. I love the combination of the mushrooms with pumpkin spaetzle.
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German Meatballs
Konigsberger klopse, a German meatball made with anchovy, capers and lemon zest. It's normally done with veal or pork; I used wild boar.
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Goose Stew
A Russian-inspired goose stew with barley, celery root and wild mushrooms. It is a hearty meal for a cold winter.
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Wild Mushroom & Parsley Sauce
A refined dish of wild mushrooms in a parsley sauce: Seared black trumpets, hedgehogs, crispy guanciale and pickled yellowfoot chanterelles.
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Pine Nut Honey Ice Cream
A rich, custard-style ice cream with pine nuts and desert wildflower honey
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Smoked Duck or Goose
Smoked duck or goose is one of the great joys of this world. Add a little maple flavor to the applewood smoke and you are in heaven!
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Venison Burgers with Mushrooms
The ultimate mushroom burger, done with venison. The secret? Powdered wild mushrooms in the burger mix...
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Roast Duck with Fried Hominy
This is a classic recipe for roast duck, a wild canvasback in this case. The fried hominy cakes are from a 120-year-old recipe.
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Sichuan Stir-Fried Mushrooms
Ever hear of the Sichuan dish ma po tofu? Well, this is ma po puffball, where I skip the tofu and use wild puffball mushrooms.
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Braised Duck Legs
Braised duck legs simmered in duck stock with leeks and wild mushrooms.
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Venison Chili
Think you've had venison chili? Think again until you've tried this version. Lots of different chiles and coffee make this special.
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Sharptail Grouse with Farro
Sharptail grouse gently poached and served with flavors of the Great Plains: Wheat, sunflower seeds, wild onions and malt vinegar.
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Trout Bisque with Pine Nuts
A smooth trout bisque enriched not with cream, but with wild pinon pine nuts.
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Calabrian Rabbit w/ Red Peppers
My version of a fantastic recipe for rabbit braised with roasted red peppers I found in the cookbook, "My Calabria."
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Venison Meat Pies
Inspired by a Sicilian Easter pie made with lamb, my version uses ground venison for this rustic, hand-held pie.
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Cardoon Gratin
Cardoons are a relative of the artichoke, only you eat the stems - preferably baked with pecorino and mozzarella...
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Sichuan Bacon
Bacon isn't only a Western tradition. This is a Chinese style bacon smoked and flavored with star anise, Sichuan peppercorn and cinnamon.
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Duck Fat Hollandaise
Duck fat Hollandaise over baby white asparagus, chile threads and black lava salt. Simply sinful.
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Scottish Venison Soup
I know it's almost St. Patrick's Day, but this Scottish venison soup is so green it might as well be Irish.
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Swedish Pickled Herring
How to make your own pickled herring, Swedish style. This is glasmastarsill, a bright, vibrant style of fresh pickled herring.
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Scottish Herring and Oats
A traditional Gaelic dish of fresh herring, smeared in mustard, rolled in oats and fried in butter. Classic.
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Italian Blood Pasta
Yes, it is what you think it is. Blood pasta, a specialty of the Alpine region between Austria and Italy. It is alarming, but good.
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Squid Ink Risotto
A classic Italian risotto, with real squid ink and lightly cooked calamari rings.
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Classic Wild Duck Bigarade
This is the century-old dish called duck bigarade: Seared duck breast with a bitter orange sauce. It is a classic for a reason.
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Miner’s Lettuce Salad
In Northern Calfornia the king of spring greens is miner's lettuce - one of the few native plants to be exported to Europe.
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Wild Pine Nut Cookies
Cookies made with wild pine nuts, rosemary and a little acorn flour. Yeah, they sound like Hippie cookies, but they're really good!
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Hunan Pheasant
A classic Hunan Chinese dish, Dong/an Chicken, made instead with wild pheasant - pheasants are originally from China, after all.
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Roast Wild Duck
Who doesn't love roast duck with its crispy skin? This recipe works for both wild ducks and the kind you buy in the store.
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Classic Roast Woodcock
Woodcock is the king of game birds. Here it is roasted in classic style. JP Morgan or Andrew Carnegie could have eaten this dish.
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Nordic Grouse Soup
An outstanding chicken or grouse soup made with Nordic ingredients and Asian methods. This is a winner.
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Duck Consomme
Nothing quite beats the clarity and concentrated flavor of a classic consomme. This wild duck consomme was as savory as it is pretty.
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Pheasant and Mushrooms with Cream
Wild blewit mushrooms and pheasant breast cooked with brandy, shallots and cream - a wild food riff off a French classic.
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Black Walnut Parsley Pesto
A wild twist on a classic winter pesto: Wild black walnuts and fresh Italian parsley, with a little pecorino cheese added in.
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Honey Mushrooms
No, they don't taste like honey, but these wild mushrooms are a worthy addition to pierogi - if you can find them.
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Black Walnut Ice Cream
If you like walnut ice cream, you'll love ice cream made with wild black walnuts, which are far more flavorful than regular nuts.
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Shelling and Eating Black Walnuts
Wild black walnuts are a lot of work to harvest and shell, but they taste so good they're worth every effort.
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Oregon’s Black Gold
Finding the Oregon black truffle, judged by some to be better than the French ones, is a rare treat. Truffle risotto, anyone?
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Pumpkin Soup with Bacon
Pumpkin soup enriched with homemade bacon and and creme fraiche, then garnished with rosemary flowers.
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Acorn Soup
Yes, you read that right. Soup. Made from acorns. Not acorn squash, but real acorns, as in from an oak tree.
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Russian Pelmeni Dumplings
Rustic dumplings made with spelt flour and filled with meat and onions - the meat can be beef, pork, even bear.
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Chanterelle Stuffing
Chanterelle mushroom stuffing with pine nuts, garlic and pheasant stock.
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Duck Liver Ravioli
Ground duck livers, chile flakes, a little red wine, a little oregano - and just a touch of foie gras - makes this pasta unforgettable.
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Wild ‘Foie Gras’
It's the Holy Grail of duck hunting: A wild 'foie gras,' a fatty, unctuous - and wild -duck liver. Sear it simply with balsamic vinegar.
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Chanterelles and Wild Turkey
A celebration of chanterelles - seared, pureed and made into chips, served with sous vide wild turkey and butternut squash.
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Mirto, a Sardinian Liqueur
Making the beguiling, herbal liqueur known as 'mirto' in Sardinia is easy - if you can find the common myrtle bush.
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