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Join Me on an Arkansas Duck Hunt

We are taking the show to Arkansas! My annual duck hunt and cooking school will be near Stuttgart, Arkansas this January. I'll be working with Coastal Wings Outfitters again, and we'll be hunting, cooking and learning how to eat everything but the quack.

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Hunt Gather Talk 16: Wobbly Bits

Offal. Variety meats. The wobbly or jiggly bits. Yep, we’re talking guts in this week’s episode of Hunt Gather Talk. And I am excited to have Chef Brad Farmerie on the show to join me! If you don’t know him, Brad is a Michelin-starred chef based in New York whose food is at once innovative […]

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Butter Poached Fish

Slowly and gently cooking fish, halibut in this case, in butter or oil is a super easy way to cook your fish that tastes luxurious and which adds a lot of flavor to mild fishes. And you can reuse the butter!

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Elderflower Champagne

Elderflower champagne is my generic term for a sparkling elderflower wine. But it could be a "beer," too. I walk you through how to make your elderflower drink at home, with lots of variations depending on your preferences. Regardless, this is a perfect summer spritzer.

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Shad Roe with Bacon and Grits

Shad roe is a delicacy of springtime. In the East, the shad run in early spring. Here in the West, however, the fish don't run up the rivers until late spring. Here's my favorite way to cook shad roe - with bacon, some onions and a bowl of grits.

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Hunt Gather Talk 15: Fish Fry

On this episode of the Hunt Gather Talk podcast, we're frying fish. Let's face it: Frying is by far the most common way to cook your catch. This week I walk you through some secrets of a great fish fry, from simple flour to breading and beer batter.

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Linguine with White Clam Sauce

Growing up in New Jersey, this classic Italian-American pasta dish was one of my favorites: Linguini or spaghetti with white clam sauce. Clams, herbs, olive oil and lotsa garlic! I make this normally with West Coast littleneck clams, but lots of different clams will work.

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Cooking and Eating Shad

Cooking and eating the American shad used to be part of any angler's skill set. No longer. All those bones have defeated many a would-be shad eater. But here's how to cook shad and actually enjoy it. Everything you need to know about dealing with a fish whose Latin name is "tastiest."

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Hunt Gather Talk 14: Enjoy the Silence

In this episode of the Hunt Gather Talk podcast, I talk about silence -- both of the mind and in nature -- as vital to being able to truly enjoy the natural world. Maybe you don't need to kill your cell phone, but putting it on airplane mode is a good start.

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How to Catch Pacific Rockfish

There is no form of fishing I am better at than bottom fishing in the ocean. And here in the West, that means rockfish (rock cod) and lingcod. Here's how to catch more, from gear to technique, to little tricks and tips that have helped me over the years.

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