Hunter Chef in the Wild: Game, Fish, and Fowl Recipes and Techniques for Cooking Outdoors -- Michael Hunter, Hardcover

Hugely popular outdoorsman, hunter, and chef Michael Hunter shares a stunning and indispensable guide to cooking wild food outdoors with 80+ recipes, techniques, and stories of hunting and fishing in the wild.

Seasoned outdoorsman, hunter, and angler Michael Hunter takes readers on his adventures in the wild across North America. In this highly anticipated book, Hunter shares his passion for nature, hunting wild food, and takes cooking outside in over 80 recipes--freshwater fish (bass, trout, walleye, salmon), saltwater fish (tuna, swordfish, halibut, salmon, ling cod), seafood (clams, lobster, octopus, mussels, geoduck), fowl and small game (snow goose, pintail duck, quail, pheasant, rabbit), and large game (bison, wild boar, muskox, elk, deer, bear, beaver), along with vegetables and cocktails and desserts fit for a campfire, including:

• Grilled Brook Trout
• Coho Salmon Candy
• Grilled Octopus with Romesco Sauce and Salsa Verde
• Smoked Pintail Duck
• Hot Rabbit with Braised Collard Greens
• Canned Moose Meat
• Bear Ragu with Smoked Cheddar Polenta
• Birch-Syrup-Glazed Bison Short Ribs
• Elk Smash Burgers, and much more

Hunter Chef in the Wild includes a variety of cooking methods--grilling, smoking, spit-roasting--along with instructional guides: How to Cook a Whole Fish, How to Cure Salmon Roe, How to Harvest and Prepare Geoduck, and How to Roast a Pig.

Featuring stunning nature photography, Hunter Chef in the Wild is a must-have book for outdoor adventurers and everyone who wants to get outside, cook over fire, and eat wild food.

Author: Michael Hunter
Publisher: Penguin Books Canada
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.95lbs
Size: 10.08h x 8.11w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9780735244511

About the Author
MICHAEL HUNTER is a professionally trained chef, bestselling author of The Hunter Chef Cookbook, hunter, forager, husband, and father. Michael began cooking at the early age of thirteen and fell in love with food and the restaurant industry. Growing up on a horse farm, Michael has a natural connection to nature. An honours graduate of the Humber College Apprenticeship Chef Program obtaining his Red Seal, he has worked for some of Canada's top chefs and kitchens. In 2015, Michael opened Antler Kitchen & Bar with his business partner Jody Shapiro. Antler has received countless accolades locally and nationally and more recently in the internationally acclaimed Michelin Guide. Michael has appeared on the podcasts MeatEater and The Joe Rogan Experience. He has cooked at culinary festivals around the world.