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Fish
Fried Walleye
Fried walleye is a classic for a reason: Crispy on the outside, flaky on the inside. The method here is buttermilk fried fish, and it works with all firm, white fish.
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What to Do with All that Zucchini
This is my favorite way to use a surfeit of zucchini: It’s an old Sicilian method where you dry the zukes and then saute them with oil, chile and mint.
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Pan Seared Red Snapper with Cherry Tomatoes
Snapper seasons open around the time cherry tomatoes ripen, so here ya go! A great recipe that uses both. Any white fish works here.
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Smoked Salmon Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs are one of those foods I have a hard time controlling myself with. I’ve been known to eat a dozen at a sitting, and even though I know I’ll feel ill afterwards, I can’t stop eating them. These deviled eggs, made with smoked salmon, are especially good.
The Latest Posts
French
Classic Sauce Robert
A recipe for the classic French sauce Robert, served with goose. This is a rich, zippy mustard gravy that works well with most meats.
Wild Game
Ranch Dove Nuggets
A recipe for fried dove breasts, dove nuggets, flavored with ranch seasoning and ranch dressing. Simple and tasty!
Fish
Smoked Carp
Carp are fatty fish with heavy bones, and are excellent when smoked over fruit wood for a long time. This is not a delicate fish.
Foraging
Green Kentucky Coffee Tree Beans
Green Kentucky coffee beans have far less evidence of being edible than the ripe beans. I look at the evidence, and then cook and eat some.
Hi, I’m Hank Shaw
I’m a James Beard Award-winning author and chef. I started this site back in 2007 to help you get the most out of all things wild: fish, game, edible wild plants and mushrooms. I also write cookbooks, and write a website dedicated to the intersection of food and nature. If it’s wild, you’ll find it here. Hope you enjoy the site!
Venison Recipes
Venison is incredibly versatile, and there are more than 150 different recipes for your favorite deer, elk, pronghorn, or moose here. Oh, and you can almost always sub in beef or lamb.
Venison
Corned Venison
If you hunt deer, you need to know this recipe. It’s a staple here at the house, making a fantastic, lean version of corned beef that’s great for sandwiches, with cabbage or in hash. You will find yourself making it all the time…
Venison
The Best Venison Chili
This is my master recipe for venison chili, and it is the best chili you have probably ever had. Seriously. It’s won awards. Beans or no beans, and, honestly, any meat, this is a recipe you need to know by heart. It’s that good.
Venison
Venison Barbacoa
Barbacoa is a kind of Mexican barbecue where meats (usually beef) are wrapped in leaves with warming spices and baked in a pit. My version of barbacoa uses venison, but it tastes a lot like the barbacoa you’ll get at Chipotle or in regular Mexican restaurants – it’s an ideal taco or burrito meat.
Venison
Venison Stock
A basic recipe for making a rich broth from the bones and trimmings of any red meat animal, from deer to beef and more.
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Salmon and Trout
Rich, colorful, fatty, awesome. I have tons of recipes for all varieties of salmon and trout, freshwater and salt.
Salmon and Trout
Cucumber Sauce for Salmon
If you’ve never paired salmon with cucumbers, you are missing out. It’s a surprisingly natural combination, and since both are in season now, I thought I’d put them together in a pretty little date-night dish.
Salmon and Trout
Pan Fried Trout with Peas
Butterflied, pan fried trout with the youngest, freshest peas. What could be more springtime than that? Here’s how to make crispy fried trout with either fillets or a butterflied fish.
Scandinavian
Icelandic Salmon Soup
A Nordic take on salmon soup. Chunks of salmon or trout, served with potatoes, cream, dill and, if you have it, whey.
Salmon and Trout
Grilled Trout or Kokanee
Little mountain trout, grilled simply and served simply. This is one of the iconic foods of the outdoors, one technique you should master if you chase these little torpedoes of quicksilver. Here’s how to grill trout without it sticking.
