- "Forgotten Skills of Cooking" by Darina Allen. This is traditional knowledge of Irish cooking -- everything from foraging to wild game to breads and cheeses and preserves -- and is wonderfully written and instructive.
- "The Foxfire Book" -- Appalachian folk wisdom: "hog dressing, log cabin building, soap making, basket weaving, planting by the signs, preserving foods, making butter, snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing, and moonshining."
- "Six Seasons" by Josh McFadden. A cookbook designed around cooking with the seasons, not ingredients. Produce-focused, but provides a great framework for what I call radical eating.
- "The Turkey Book" by Jesse Griffiths. This is a cookbook about wild turkey, but also a great read and story. Jesse Griffiths is an expert at wild game and the recipes and instructions in this book will help you use more of any whole bird you cook with.
Now, you’re adding to my list! Thank you for listing these; I’ve thumbed through Foxfire, but haven’t laid hands on the rest—they’re entirely new to me. 👍🏻
Just bought two of them. Do we just send you a bill to help with the cost of making our lives better? I feel like half makes sense…
Ha ha! Which ones did you get, Kyle? Thanks for reading.🙏
Basic Butchering of Livestock and Storey’s Basic Country Skillls. I’m trying to be the male version of a Basic B… A Basic D-Bag?
👍🏻 After a few days with Basic Country Skills, you may be inspired to throw your phone and computer into the ocean and go off-grid. 😂
😂 good.
Such great, worthwhile recommendations, Jesse! Another reason to give Gibbons a go. Thank you.
Jesse, you're not helping my unread book pile...
A few others I'd add to the list:
- "Forgotten Skills of Cooking" by Darina Allen. This is traditional knowledge of Irish cooking -- everything from foraging to wild game to breads and cheeses and preserves -- and is wonderfully written and instructive.
- "The Foxfire Book" -- Appalachian folk wisdom: "hog dressing, log cabin building, soap making, basket weaving, planting by the signs, preserving foods, making butter, snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing, and moonshining."
- "Six Seasons" by Josh McFadden. A cookbook designed around cooking with the seasons, not ingredients. Produce-focused, but provides a great framework for what I call radical eating.
- "The Turkey Book" by Jesse Griffiths. This is a cookbook about wild turkey, but also a great read and story. Jesse Griffiths is an expert at wild game and the recipes and instructions in this book will help you use more of any whole bird you cook with.
Ditto, Lou.
Now, you’re adding to my list! Thank you for listing these; I’ve thumbed through Foxfire, but haven’t laid hands on the rest—they’re entirely new to me. 👍🏻
Thanks for the recs, Jesse. Some books I've never even heard of and I'm stoked to check out.