Afield : a chef's guide to preparing and cooking wild game and fish / Jesse Griffiths ; photographs by Jody Horton ; foreword by Andrew Zimmern.
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TextPublication details: New York : Welcome, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 271 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN: - 1599621142 (hardback)
- 9781599621142 (hardback)
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Main Library | NonFiction | 641.691 G855 | Available | 33111007007335 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
2012 IPPY Bronze Award in the Cookbook category (Independent Publisher Book Awards)
ForeWord Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Award Finalist (TBA)
2013 James Beard Foundation Book Awards, Nominee Finalist
Born from the principles of the local food movement, a growing number of people are returning to hunting and preparing fish and game for their home tables. Afield: A Chef's Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish is at once a manifesto for this movement and a manual packed with everything the new hunter needs to know. Wild foods, when managed responsibly, are sustainable, ethical, and delicious, and author Jesse Griffiths combines traditional methods of hunting, butchering, and preparing fish and game with 85 mouthwatering recipes.
Afield throws open the doors of field dressing for novice and experienced hunters alike, supplying the know-how for the next logical step in the local, sustainable food movement. Stemming from a commitment to locally grown vegetables and nose-to-tail cooking, Griffiths is an expert guide on this tour of tradition and taste, offering a combination of hunting lessons, butchery methods, recipes, including how to scale, clean, stuff, fillet, skin, braise, fry and more. Fellow hunting enthusiast and food photographer Jody Horton takes you into the field, follows Griffiths step-by-step along the way and then provides you with exquisite plate photograph of the finished feasts. Filled with descriptive stories and photographs, Afield takes the reader along for the hunt, from duck and dove to deer and wild hog.
Game and fish include:
Doves, Deer, Hogs, Squirrel, Rabbits, Ducks, Geese, Turkey, Flounder, White Bass, Crabs, Catfish, and more.
Includes index.
"Embracing the principles of the local sustainable food movement, a growing number of people are returning to hunting and preparing fish and game for their home tables. Afield: A Chef 's Guide to Cooking and Preparing Wild Game and Fish is at once a manifesto for this movement and a practical manual packed with everything the modern home cook and hunter needs to know. Author Jesse Griffiths, an acclaimed chef, butcher, and hunting teacher, combines traditional methods of field dressing, butchering, and preparing fish and game with eighty-five rustic mouthwatering recipes, suitable for the novice and experienced cook alike. Griffiths' commitment to locally sourced ingredients and nose-to-tail cooking makes him the perfect guide for this culinary journey back to the land. From catfish to crab, duck to dove, and deer to wild hog, Griffiths teaches us how to scale, clean, skin, stuff, fillet, grill, braise, and fry a myriad of wild seafood, poultry, and game. Fellow hunting enthusiast and food photographer Jody Horton takes us into the field and the kitchen with Griffiths, following his every step, from the thrill of the hunt to the pleasure of the feast. Packed with vivid stories and images, Afield transports us into America's great outdoors and celebrates its prodigious bounty"-- Provided by publisher.