Scott Leysath has a mission: to give you venison recipes you'll use again and again. Nothing makes him happier than a cookbook full of food stains and hand-written notes. This book features 100 of his favorites, from appetizers, salads, soups and stews, stovetop dishes, great grilled venison and more. If you long for better-tasting venison, you're in for a treat. Known as The Sporting Chef, Scott is America's leading authority on the proper preparation of fish and game. He has worked in the food industry since 1978. His first television show, The Sporting Chef, has been syndicated worldwide since 2003. His second show, HuntFishCook, has aired throughout the United States and Canada since 2005. And his newest show, Dead Meat, takes him across North America in search of folks who hunt, fish, trap and cook unusual creatures. He's also the cooking editor for Ducks Unlimited magazine.

Scott Leysath has a mission: to give you venison recipes you'll use again and again. Nothing makes him happier than a cookbook full of food stains and hand-written notes. This book features 100 of his favorites, from appetizers, salads, soups and stews, stovetop dishes, great grilled venison and more. If you long for better-tasting venison, you're in for a treat. Known as The Sporting Chef, Scott is America's leading authority on the proper preparation of fish and game. He has worked in the food industry since 1978. His first television show, The Sporting Chef, has been syndicated worldwide since 2003. His second show, HuntFishCook, has aired throughout the United States and Canada since 2005. And his newest show, Dead Meat, takes him across North America in search of folks who hunt, fish, trap and cook unusual creatures. He's also the cooking editor for Ducks Unlimited magazine.

New Camping Section added. 300 Wild Game Recipes. Lots of professional suggestions for great wild game cooking results. Scott Leysath's Favorite Wild Game recipe book has been one of the bestselling wild game cookbooks of all time. Scott is the official chef for Ducks Unlimiited and many state waterfowl associations from South Carolina to California, as well as being connected with hunting and fishing organizations. Recipes include a wide variety of fish, upland game, big game, fowl and sauces that have won gold ribbons. Leysath is also on TV at www.huntfishcook.com. Accomplished Restaurateur, Chef, Author and Personality Experience ranges form corporate management of a chain of Western US restaurants to owning his own popular restaurant and catering enterprises in Sacramento, California. In addition to offering sensational domestic wild game dishes on his menus, Scott prepared irresistible entrees for customers who would bring their game to the restaurant to learn how to do it the right way. His cookbook is in its seventh printing and continues to receive rave reviews across the country. Scott also hosted two nationally-distributed cooking videos and can be seen and heard regularly on several radio and television programs. He spent four years on both sides of the camera on HGTV's 'Home Grown Cooking' with Paul James. When not cooking with the show's host or offering insightful cooking tips on camera, Scott served as Executive Chef behind-the-scenes. Scott has found his niche in gourmet fish and game cooking and has become the premier authority on the subject. Scott Leysath has served as official chef for Ducks Unlimited, the California Waterfowl Association, and other state waterfowl associations for many years. He currently hosts a popular TV cooking show titled, "HuntFishCook." Scott owned Silver Sage Catering and a restaurant in Sacramento. For the past two decades he has chefed for special groups, conventions, associations and believe it or not weddings. "Scott Leysath is himself a sportsman who understands the satisfaction of the chase. . .and the sauces and marinades that transform an ordinary dish into something special."-Sports Afield. "He's practically a crusader when it comes to teaching fellow hunters and fishermen how to make tasty use of what they catch."-The Post & Courier, Charleston, SC. "Viewers Choice Favorite On Airi Personality," - The Sportsman Channels "As one of the leading authorities on wild game cooking, Scott Leysath can make virtually anything wearing fur, feathers or fins come deliciously alive."-The Denver Post Look for Scott's new cable TV show: "Dead Meat."

Get the Most Bang for for Your Buck Step up your venison cooking game with fresh field-to-table recipes that make the most of your whole harvest from shoulder to shank. Venison cooking is for everyone, and Allie Doran, creator of Miss Allie’s Kitchen, shows you how to make sure every meal you make is as tender, flavorful and easy as possible, from the Easiest Black Pepper Jerky to Red Wine–Braised Short Ribs with Herb Gremolata. In this recipe collection, you’ll learn all the skills you need to start cooking the best game meals of your life beyond basic stewing. Break down sinewy sirloin with tenderizing marinades, use the fat in neck meat to make mouthwatering barbacoa or even cube up tough flank meat for tacos and kebabs. Soon you’ll find there’s no such thing as a bad cut of meat when you’re cooking it right! Even less experienced cooks can get superior quality meals—with helpful sections on field dressing your deer and suggestions for which cuts to use for every dish. In no time at all, you can break out a Wild Game Charcuterie Board for a party, level up your brunch with Southern-Style Sausage Gravy or have a date night in with the impressive Roasted Whole Tenderloin with Peppercorns. Full of hearty recipes for every cut of meat and every occasion, Venison Every Day will never leave you wondering what to do with a freezer full of deer again.

Changing the Game is intended to provide the do-it-yourself sportsman with detailed guidance and proven, time-tested techniques that will optimize the enjoyment of his or her harvest, taking it from field to fork, and for home cooks who are hunting for new ways to up their food game. Author Craig Tomsky grew up in a traditional Italian household in Northern New Jersey, where he was accustomed to good food-really good food. He has coupled his uncompromising love of such fare with his passion for hunting for more than 30 years, and has identified key factors that will reduce and, in most cases, eliminate the undesirable "gamey" flavors that all too often result from inadequately processed and prepared game. He has also developed and refined with his personal flair many recipes from family and friends over the years to not only complement each game's most desirable flavors, but to help you truly transform your game meat into delicious finished dishes. Changing the Game is a total playbook that takes the reader from caring for the game after the harvest through Craig's "keys to changing the game"-specific techniques used during the butchering and preservation processes that will positively impact the flavor and tenderness of the meat. It also lays out a roadmap and recommends equipment the reader can use to expediently and efficiently process various types of game meat. Explanations that support the findings and preparation techniques are provided in relatable layman's terms via anecdotes that are sprinkled throughout the book.Changing the Game finishes with a multitude of delicious recipes-some new, many traditional-that reflect the many cultures that make up this great country of ours. They have been enhanced by game meat as well as Craig's selection and use of complementary ingredients to achieve complex yet delicate flavor profiles for each dish. Changing the Game also contains recipes for side dishes and desserts, along with wine pairing recommendations, to provide the reader with a complete game plan for an enjoyable evening that will leave your dinner guests asking, "Is this really wild game?"

Venison is a contemporary approach to cooking this unique meat; it is sure to appeal to hunters who love the kitchen as much as the field.

Much of the wild game and fish we harvest goes to waste due to poor handling and cooking. The primary aim of the author is to explain the process of accomplishing great-tasting wild game and fish dishes, from harvesting to presenting.

With Think Like a Chef, Tom Colicchio has created a new kind of cookbook. Rather than list a series of restaurant recipes, he uses simple steps to deconstruct a chef's creative process, making it easily available to any home cook. He starts with techniques: What's roasting, for example, and how do you do it in the oven or on top of the stove? He also gets you comfortable with braising, sautéing, and making stocks and sauces. Next he introduces simple "ingredients" -- roasted tomatoes, say, or braised artichokes -- and tells you how to use them in a variety of ways. So those easy roasted tomatoes may be turned into anything from a vinaigrette to a caramelized tomato tart, with many delicious options in between. In a section called Trilogies, Tom takes three ingredients and puts them together to make one dish that's quick and other dishes that are increasingly more involved. As Tom says, "Juxtaposed in interesting ways, these ingredients prove that the whole can be greater than the sum of their parts," and you'll agree once you've tasted the Ragout of Asparagus, Morels, and Ramps or the Baked Free-Form "Ravioli" -- both dishes made with the same trilogy of ingredients. The final section of the books offers simple recipes for components -- from zucchini with lemon thyme to roasted endive with whole spices to boulangerie potatoes -- that can be used in endless combinations. Written in Tom's warm and friendly voice and illustrated with glorious photographs of finished dishes, Think Like a Chef will bring out the master chef in all of us.

Building upon Timothy Ferriss's internationally successful "4-hour" franchise, The 4-Hour Chef transforms the way we cook, eat, and learn. Featuring recipes and cooking tricks from world-renowned chefs, and interspersed with the radically counterintuitive advice Ferriss's fans have come to expect, The 4-Hour Chef is a practical but unusual guide to mastering food and cooking, whether you are a seasoned pro or a blank-slate novice.

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.