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If there is a frontier beyond organic, local, and seasonal, beyond farmers’ markets and sustainably raised meat, it surely includes hunting, fishing, and foraging your own food. A lifelong angler and forager who became a hunter late in life, Hank Shaw has chronicled his passion for hunting and gathering in his widely read blog, Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, which has developed an avid following among outdoor people and foodies alike. Hank is dedicated to finding a place on the table for the myriad overlooked and underutilized wild foods that are there for the taking—if you know how to get them.
In Hunt, Gather, Cook, he shares his experiences both in the field and the kitchen, as well as his extensive knowledge of North America’s edible flora and fauna. With the fresh, clever prose that brings so many readers to his blog, Hank provides a user-friendly, food-oriented introduction to tracking down everything from sassafras to striped bass to snowshoe hares. He then provides innovative ways to prepare wild foods that go far beyond typical campfire cuisine: homemade root beer, cured wild boar loin, boneless tempura shad, Sardinian hare stew—even pasta made with handmade acorn flour.
For anyone ready to take a more active role in determining what they feed themselves and their families, Hunt, Gather, Cook offers an entertaining and delicious introduction to harvesting the bounty of wild foods to be found in every part of the country.
Introduction viii
Part I Foraging from Coast to Coast
1 Wild Greens Are Everywhere 3
2 Fruits and Berries of the Wild 17
3 Acorns: Loving the Unloved 33
4 Beach Peas, Sea Rockets, and Memories 47
5 Miscellaneous Wild Plants 61
6 Wines from Fruit and Flower 75
Part II Fishing and Feasting from Streams to the Sea
7 Why Fish? 95
8 Clams and Their Cousins 101
9 Bluegills and Other Panfish 115
10 Catching the Ornery Crab 129
11 Herring and Shad: Timing Is Everything 145
12 Rock Cod, Porgies, and Other Bottom Dwellers 159
13 The Misfits of America's Oceans, Ponds, and Rivers 175
Part III Hunting for Food and Fulfillment
14 Why Hunt? 195
15 Rabbits, Hares, and Squirrels 205
16 Venison: Deer, Elk, Antelope, and Moose 223
17 Wild Boar and Wild Charcuterie 245
18 Upland Game Birds: Pheasant, Grouse, Quail 265
19 Waterfowl: Ducks, Geese, and the Mystical Snipe 285
Epilogue: Putting It All Together 309
Acknowledgments 311
Resources 312
Further Reading 315
Index 317
ShelleySargent
Posted April 11, 2012
Ive had the privilege of attending a foraging walk with Hank and took along my, then 6yr old. This man really knows his stuff and within 20 feet of our meeting area, we had already found a meals woth of edible weeds! This book is wonderful and really shows just how amazing and sustaining our world is!
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If there is a frontier beyond organic, local, and seasonal, beyond farmers’ markets and sustainably raised meat, it surely includes hunting, fishing, and foraging your own food. A lifelong angler and forager who became a hunter late in life, Hank Shaw has chronicled his passion for hunting and gathering in his widely read blog, Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, which has developed an avid following among outdoor people and foodies alike. Hank is dedicated to finding a place on the table for the myriad overlooked and ...