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 contemporary. Featured are the same freshwater fish, seafood, venison, small game, and game birds that gave rise to regional American cooking customs, traditions, and cuisines. Spiced with scores of fascinating stories, sidebars (including Thomas Jefferson's review of New Brunswick stew), graphics, and over 200 recipes, Wild At The Table is both an invaluable cookbook and highly-readable, historically significant reference.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572236809
• ISBN13: 9781572236806
• Release Date: October 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.