Ember & Smoke
The campfire is the oldest kitchen there is. Everything tastes better when the sky is this big.
BigSkyChef.org: Thomas M. Miller discusses ethical hunting, nose-to-tail cooking, and community. Ethics. Sustainable. Tradition. Modernity. Audio Broadcast, Articles and Illustrations.
Wild Game Hunting 101. Hunting Season is a BigSkyChef.org production — part of the Advanced Culinary Journey series on Inspiration and Culinary Professions. Thomas M. Miller discusses ethical hunting, nose-to-tail cooking, and the community that forms around the shared work of feeding yourself from the land. The series covers the full arc: the ethics of the hunt, the practical skills of field dressing and butchering, the cooking techniques that make wild game worth eating, and the tradition of sharing the harvest with the people around you. Nose-to-tail wild game cooking is not a trend. It is the oldest form of culinary respect — the acknowledgment that an animal gave its life and that nothing should be wasted. The 2022 Lingua Franca Pinot Noir from Oregon pairs with the venison. That is not an accident. BigSkyChef.org. From the Career Menu Collections of Culinary Specialist Thomas M. Miller. Montana.
The campfire is the oldest kitchen there is. Everything tastes better when the sky is this big.
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