Eating and living locally . . . mindfully . . . simply.
Last Monday I had a Slow Food book club meeting. We read the Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine (click here to read my review). We were supposed to bring something with the theme “gourmet roadkill.” I knew right away I would bring venison chili with the recipe from Simply in Season. Speaking of Simply in Season, I recently bought a couple of new “local produce” themed cookbooks from Amazon hoping to find more turnip recipes.
Many people claim that they do not like venison; that it tastes gamey. I can assure you that not all venison is gamey. In Western Michigan, it is possible to get a deer that has been pretty much corn-fed, much to the dismay of the corn farmers but to the delight of those who are able to get this lean meat that is to the untrained palate indistinguishable from a really lean cut of beef. Simply in Season provides this {Read More}
