I
have never read a book like this before Georgia Pellegrini took my on a wild
adventure with a 270-caliber rifle and a 20-guage shotgun. Who would have
thought that I would be turning pages on a girl and her adventure on the hunts!
Each chapter introduced a new hunt, from
Texas to England, and new recipes, from Javelina Chili to Jugged Hare.
Ms.
Pellegrini described each hunt in full detail of landscape, chase, hunt and
menu. And not to mention the cocktails, I want to try “Slogasms, sloe gin mixed
with champagne” Sometime I got the feeling that it was more of a whisky hunt
with a shot of game. I admire her courage and skills during her time in
Wyoming. You have to read about that hunter! Let’s just say I was like OMG
could be serial killer.
Although,
I can’t really see myself venturing onto any ranch soon I do commend Ms.
Pellegrini for an awesome detailed account on the hunt to table. I recommend
this book to a true chef that identifies with their meals. A chef that triumphs
in the creation of their meals from farm to kitchen to table.
Pick
it up – read it if you try a recipe LET ME KNOW. I love how she ended the book
:: “Whatever the journey, wherever you
find it, may it be a wild one.”
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Book Description (From Amazon)
What
happens when a classically-trained New York chef and fearless omnivore heads
out of the city and into the wild to track down the ingredients for her meals?
After abandoning Wall Street to embrace her lifelong love of cooking, Georgia
Pellegrini comes face to face with her first kill. From honoring that first
turkey to realizing that the only way we truly know where our meat comes from
is if we hunt it ourselves, Pellegrini embarks on a wild ride into the real
world of local, organic, and sustainable food.
Teaming
up with veteran hunters, she travels over field and stream in search of the
main course—from quail to venison and wild boar, from elk to javelina and
squirrel. Pellegrini’s road trip careens from the back of an ATV chasing wild
hogs along the banks of the Mississippi to a dove hunt with beer and barbeque,
to the birthplace of the Delta Blues. Along the way, she meets an array of
unexpected characters—from the Commish, a venerated lifelong hunter, to the
lawyer-by day, duck-hunting-Bayou-philosopher at dawn—who offer surprising
lessons about food and life. Pellegrini also discovers the dangerous underbelly
of hunting when an outing turns illegal—and dangerous.
More
than a food-laden hunting narrative, Girl Hunteralso teaches
you how to be a self-sufficient eater. Each chapter offers recipes for
finger-licking dishes like:
- wild turkey and oyster stew
- stuffed quail
- pheasant tagine
- venison sausage
- fundamental stocks, brines,
sauces, and rubs
- suggestions for interchanging
proteins within each recipe
Each
dish, like each story, is an adventure from beginning to end.
An
inspiring, illuminating, and often funny journey into unexplored territories
of haute cuisine, Girl Hunter captures the
joy of rolling up your sleeves and getting to the heart of where the food you
eat comes from.
