Orange Delicious
Lactarius deliciosus Yesterday on my walk I noticed an orange delicious on the trail, it was way past its prime, but I took a detour …
Beaver Belly Bacon
Salt cured and smoked beaver belly. A nice fat, spring beaver would be best for this, but I’ve definitely made it with some leaner game. …
Grouse and Dumplings
Well, Smoked spruce grouse and grain-free dumplings, but it doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. This was my first try at chicken and …
Homemade Lox
Lox is one of my favorite foods and when we moved to a salmon river I knew I needed to master making it. This batch …
Birch Sap Soda
Every year when we tap the birch trees in the spring we always end up with more sap than we can drink fresh, so one …
Bear Ribs with Birch/ Mustard Barbecue Sauce
Smoked black bear ribs when birch syrup-mustard barbecue sauce. Dandelion greens, sauteed and topped with the leftover bear crackin from rendering the bear fat earlier …
Spruce Tip Cookies
Spruce tip cookiesAlmond flourGheeEggsSpruce tipsCaramelized spruce tip syrupBaking sodaSalt Yesterday was the first day the spruce tips were out. They are still really tiny, smaller …
Raspberry Spruce Cocktail
Wildcrafted cocktail made with raspberry shrub from last summer’s harvest, vodka, and spruce soda made this spring by fermenting birch sap with spruce and ginger, …
Porcupine Curried Rice
Braised porcupine legs, curried rice, fireweed shoots, northern bluebell greens, and raisins. Porcupine is an incredibly mild and tender meat, with plenty of fat making …