Small Game Cooking

A plucked game bird on a plate ready for cooking
How to Pluck Game Birds, Technique, Time, and Merits

To pluck or not to pluck? Learn how to decide when a bird is worth…

Pheasant schnitzel with beurre blanc sauce on a floral plate
Pheasant Schnitzel with Lemon Beurre Blanc Caper Sauce

Celebrate Oktoberfest with this wild game take on a German and Austrian staple food The…

a pot with wild game birds in brine
Brining Game Birds for Grilling

Want to learn how to properly brine those game birds for more moist meat? Between…

Cashew Mandarin Pheasant in a bowl.
Cashew Mandarin Pheasant

Teriyaki and pheasant come together for your next pheasant recipe. By now I suspect you…

A Woodcock served whole after aging.
Aging Woodcock for Cooking – Process and History

What we learn from hanging and roasting these curious morsels of antiquity Many wild game…

A meal cooked with an upland game recipe
Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail – A Wild Game Cookbook Review

Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail is an icon in upland game cookbooks from award-winning chef Hank Shaw…