Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail: Upland Birds and Small Game from Field to Feast

by Hank Shaw, Holly A. Heyser (Photographer)

Overview

2019 IACP Cookbook Award Winner: Best Self-Published Cookbook

A comprehensive, lushly illustrated cookbook devoted to preparing and cooking upland birds and small game, both wild and domesticated, from the author of the award-winning website Hunter Angler Gardener Cook.
  
Game birds have always held a high place at the table, whether it’s a hunter’s prize of roast grouse or the turkey we all eat at Thanksgiving. Pheasants, quail, rabbits, doves, grouse and more – these are singular species with grand culinary traditions that offer the cook an unmatched range of flavors. Many cooks fear the fowl, however. Lean and athletic, game birds, rabbits and hares can dry out in a hurry. Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail shows you how to cook small game like a pro: perfectly crisp skin over tender breast meat, melt-in-your-mouth braises and confit, stews, sausages, and more.

Hank Shaw, an award-winning food writer, hunter, and cook at the forefront of the wild-to-table revolution, provides all you need to know about obtaining, cleaning, and cooking birds ranging from quail to pheasant, turkey to dove and beyond. Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail also covers a range of small game animals such as rabbits, hares and squirrels. You’ll find detailed information on how best to treat these various species in the kitchen, how to select them in the market, as well as how to pluck, clean and hang wild birds. Shaw’s global yet approachable recipes include basics such as Roast Pheasant and Buttermilk Fried Rabbit; international classics like Tuscan Hare Ragu, French Rabbit a la Moutarde, Mexican Turkey Tamales with Pumpkin, and General Tso’s Pheasant; as well as unique dishes such as Roast Woodcock Michigan. It also features an array of small game charcuterie, from fresh sausages to confit and terrines.

The most comprehensive guide to preparing and cooking upland birds and small game, whether domesticated or wild, Pheasant, Quail Cottontail will be a valued companion for hunters as well as home cooks looking for new ways to cook store-bought turkey, rabbit or quail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780996944816
Publisher:	H&H Books
Publication date:	03/23/2018
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	704,999
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 12.00(h) x 3.60(d)

About the Author

A lifelong angler. sometimes commercial fisherman, and former chef, Hank Shaw has caught and cooked fish and seafood in nearly every state and province in the US and Canada over the course of nearly 45 years. He is the author of four award-winning cookbooks, most recently Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail, which won the IACP Award for best self-published book in 2019. Shaw also runs the James Beard Award-winning website Hunter Angler Gardener Cook (huntgathercook.com). He has been featured on numerous television shows, including Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods and CNN’s Somebody’s Gotta Do It with Mike Rowe. His work has appeared in Food & Wine, Organic Gardening, Field & Stream, Garden & Gun, and The Art of Eating. Shaw fishes, forages and hunts near Sacramento, California.

Table of Contents

Recipes 6

Introduction 9

How to Use This Book 12

Part 1 Basics

Chapter 1 Feathers and Fur: Our Cast of Characters 16

Chapter 2 Small Game from Field to Kitchen: Hanging, Skinning, Gutting, and Breaking it Down 25

Chapter 3 Storing Your Small Game 45

Chapter 4 Stocks, Broth, and Marinades 51

Part 2 Light Meats

Chapter 5 Pheasants, Ruffed Grouse, and Blue Grouse 62

Chapter 6 Wild Turkeys 124

Chapter 7 Quail, Partridges, and Chukars 154

Chapter 8 Rabbits 183

Part 3 Dark Meats

Chapter 9 Hares, Squirrels, and Others 208

Chapter 10 Dark-Meat Grouse: Sharptails, Spruce Grouse, Sage Grouse, Ptarmigan, and Prairie Chickens 232

Chapter 11 Doves and Pigeons 250

Chapter 12 Snipe, Woodcock, and Rails 276

Part 4 Giblets And Charcuterie

Chapter 13 Giblets and Offal 294

Chapter 14 Small Game Charcuterie 304

Acknowledgements 329

How to Get Involved 330

Selected Reading 330

Recipe Index by Animal 331

General Index 334