Wild at the Table: 275 Years of American Game & Fish Cookery

by S.G.B. Tennant Jr.

Book Overview

Edited and designed in the spirit of the book Eat Like a Wildman , Wild At The Table is a fascinating history of the development of American wild game and fish cooking from colonial times to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572236809
• ISBN13: 9781572236806
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Willow Creek Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Stories, sidebars, graphics, cooking customs, & traditions

Compiled, edited, and designed by cookbook author S.G.B. Tennant, Jr., Wild At The Table: 275 Years Of North American Fish & Game Recipes is more than just another compilation of recipes. It presents the American culinary history of preparing wild game and fish from colonial times to the modern day against a background of stories, sidebars, graphics, cooking customs, traditions, and cuisines. From Barbequed Pheasant Halves; Yuletide Roast Goose; Salt Mountain Moose Roast; Butterflied Squirrel; Batter-Fried Bluegills; and George Washington's Black Sea Bass Roast; to Stuffed Colossal Tiger Prawns; Spiny Lobster Newburg; Terrine of Boar and Venison; Crab Alfredo with Pasta and Black Pepper, Wild At The Table dishes covers all manner of game and fish. Offering information on "Resources and Suppliers" and a not-to-be missed is the unusual chapter for the novice on "Hazards of the Wild Kingdom: Cockleburrs in the Wild Salad". Wild At The Table is a welcome addition to personal, professional, and community library cookbook collections.