Monthly Archives: October 2012

The White House Cookbook of 1887

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13923/13923-h/13923-h.htm#Page_107 “Carving is one important acquisition in the routine of daily living, and all should try to attain a knowledge or ability to do it well, and withal gracefully.” Project Gutenberg’s The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887), by Mrs. F.L. Gillette

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Carnivore By Michael Symon

FineCooking.com editor Julissa Roberts has a editors pick for her favorite new cookbook Carnivore by Michael Symon. Read bout it here.  A dish that caught my eye is Roasted Bone Marrow with Parsley Salad. Instead of serving the melty marrow inside the … Continue reading

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Amazing Wild Duck Gumbo

From Garden and Gun Magazine John Besh’s Wild Duck Gumbo Chris Granger Duck and Oyster Gumbo (serves 8 – 10) Ingredients: 2    wild ducks (2½ to 3 lbs. each), quartered Salt and pepper 2    tbsp. herbes de Provence 1    cup rendered … Continue reading

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Log Cabin Smokehouse

Smith joined forces with Victorian grower, gatherer, hunter and cook Rohan Anderson to build a pioneer-style cold smokehouse on his property just outside Ballarat. This short film by Melbourne-based production studio Commoner captures the vision of the smokehouse build and … Continue reading

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Eating Meat is Good for You

“For decades, Americans have been told that saturated fat clogs arteries and causes heart disease. But there’s just one problem: No one’s ever proved it” Read more at Men’s Health: http://www.menshealth.com/health/saturated-fat#ixzz2A4wGI7On By Nina Teicholz  Photographs by Nikolai Golovanoff

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Deer Camp Cookin’

  Deer camp cooking photos  

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Eating Meat Made Us Human, Suggests New Skull Fossil

  Charles Choi has a post on Live Science that takes on the recent debate as to whether or not early humans were hunters. Some archaeologists maintain that early humans relied more heavily upon scavenging and gathering rather than  hunting, thus eating a diet less focused on meat … Continue reading

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NY Times on the New Breed of Hunters

Always surprising to see a NY Times piece on hunting. The article focuses on the “new breed” of hunters, particularly those hunting primarily for ethically acquired food, using examples of Facebook founder Marck Zuckerberg (no link necessary), Lily Raff McCaulou’s “Call of the Mild”, Tovar Cerulli’s … Continue reading

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Charcuterie is the meat of the matter

  Karen Pinchin tells us how Charcuterie is the meat of the matter.      

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