The Scavenger's Guide To Haute Cuisine: How I Spent A Year In The American Wild To Re-create A Feast From The Classic Recipes Of French Master Chef Auguste Escoffier
by Steven Rinella /
2015 / French / PDF
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When outdoorsman, avid hunter, and nature writer Steven Rinella stumbles upon Auguste Escoffiers 1903 milestone Le Guide Culinaire, hes inspired to assemble an unusual feast: a forty-five-course meal born entirely of Escoffiers esoteric wild game recipes. Over the course of one unforgettable year, he steadily procures his ingredientsfishing for stingrays in Florida, hunting mountain goats in Alaska, flying to Michigan to obtain a fifteen-pound snapping turtleand encountering one colorful character after another. And as he introduces his vegetarian girlfriend to a huntsmans lifestyle, Rinella must also come to terms with the loss of his lifelong mentorhis father. An absorbing account of one mans relationship with family, friends, food, and the natural world, The Scavengers Guide to Haute Cuisine is a rollicking tale of the American wild and its spoils.
