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Hank Shaw – Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook
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Recipe
Elderflower Syrup
Elderflower syrup is a classic use for these incredibly aromatic flowers of spring. Use this to make homemade soda, add it to gin, or make it into a sorbet.
Mexican
Pork Chile Verde
Chile verde is my go-to Mexican comfort food. Works with many meats, and can be eaten as a stew or on tortillas.
Appetizers and Snacks
Chinese Scallion Pancakes
Chinese style scallion pancakes — really flatbreads — are super easy to make and are a dangerously addicting snack.
Popular Recipes
Fish
Perfect Seared Fish
Searing fish perfectly is a skill any cook should have, especially if you catch your own fish. I’ve been cooking fish this way for close to 30 years, both professionally and at home. Here’s how to sear a fish, step by step.
Salmon and Trout
Smoked Trout or Kokanee
This is how I smoke whole trout, using small to medium-sized fish brined, dried and smoked over alder wood.
Venison
Grilled Venison Steak
Grilling a whole piece of venison backstrap, basting all the while with your favorite BBQ sauce, may not be high-end cooking, but it sure is good…
Foraging
13 Ramps Recipes to Try This Spring
Ramps have become an extremely popular wild food every spring, where you can see them featured on restaurant menus far…
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, have a website dedicated to the intersection of food and nature, and do a podcast, too. If it’s wild, you’ll find it here. Hope you enjoy the site!
Mushroom Recipes
Mushrooms are endlessly fascinating in the kitchen, whether they are wild or cultivated. Springtime is when the first edible mushrooms start showing, and morels are the star of the show. Here are some fun and tasty mushroom recipes for your harvest.
Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi
Pasta Primavera
Classic pasta primavera the way Le Cirque used to make it back in the 1970s: Angel hair with fresh spring vegetables and cream.
Recipe
Wild Rice Hotdish
Can you get any more Minnesota than wild rice hotdish? Pretty sure you can’t. This easy comfort food casserole is a hat tip to the North Star State, and can be made “wilder” with venison and wild mushrooms.
Mushrooms
Garlic Roasted Mushrooms
This is a simple garlic roasted mushroom recipe that works with any meaty mushroom, from porcini to shiitake to regular button mushrooms.
Mushrooms
Mushroom Tortellini
When life gives you mushrooms, make tortellini out of them. I love these little packets of love, and making them with wild mushrooms is especially lovely.
Sweet Things
A selection of recipes for snacks and desserts featuring wild edible plants. You’ll find baked goods, ice creams, cookies and cakes, all using wild nuts and berries.
Mexican
Cucumber Agua Fresca
How to make a cucumber agua fresca with lime and a touch of salt. This is a great hot-weather drink that also uses up cucumbers if you have too many.
Sweet Things
Olive Oil Rosemary Cake
A recipe for an olive oil rosemary cake with pine nuts. This is an Italian cake that isn’t too sweet, and is great with preserved fruit and a little liqueur.
Sweet Things
Pine Nut Cookies
How to make pine nut cookies, pignoli, with American pine nuts — although any kind of pine nut works. These cookies have a touch of rosemary in them and are not too sweet.
