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" The rich flavors of duck meat have always attracted sweet, fruit-based sauces. "
Jonathan Miles
Always
Rich
Sweet
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" Few things grace a plate as dramatically as a whole plucked upland bird, however it's cooked. "
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Few
Whole
Things
" A combination of stir-fry and salad, Lok Lak is a popular staple in Cambodia. It's usually made with beef, but in olden times, in the country's mountainous areas, venison would've gone sizzling into the wok. "
Jonathan Miles
Salad
Made
Gone
" I was born in Cleveland, Ohio; raised primarily in Phoenix, Arizona; and, after running away from home in my teens to play music and bouncing around a bit, settled in Oxford, Mississippi, which I consider more my home than anywhere else in the world. "
Jonathan Miles
Born
Home
World
" For centuries, pates have been one of the greatest vehicles for wild game. But making a pate, which is nothing more than a meatloaf, has tended to be a laborious task, with ingredient lists as long as a shotgun barrel. "
Jonathan Miles
Task
Wild
Nothing
" Though little known in the U.S., the Dakar is a sports juggernaut in Europe, where France's state broadcasting company runs more than 25 hours of coverage, and the leading drivers and riders are accorded the same status we give to Super Bowl quarterbacks. "
Jonathan Miles
Same
Sports
Company
" Of course, there's nothing wrong with deer burgers and venison chili, but with a little gusto, those stalwarts can go from satisfying to sublime. "
Jonathan Miles
Go
Chili
Deer
" Driving a race car isn't too far a cry from driving any other sports car, but driving one through Africa in the middle of the night offers a wide scree of new sensations. "
Jonathan Miles
Sports
Car
Driving
" Technically, fish can last up to half a year in a freezer, but their quality starts to slide after the first month. "
Jonathan Miles
Fish
Last
Month
" After a solid day of fishing, I'm craving something hearty. That's where a jug of buttermilk comes in. Poaching fish in buttermilk yields the luscious texture and pure flavor, but with a more substantial richness and a poaching liquid you'll want to lap up with a spoon. "
Jonathan Miles
Fish
Day
You
" The South's cuisine is often likened to gumbo - a thick and bubbling melange, spiked with a little bit of this, a little bit of that - yet the metaphor, like the dish, comes from West Africa. "
Jonathan Miles
Like
Metaphor
Little
" In the South, dove hunts do not draw quietly to a close. Sometimes, at the simplest end, a grill and cooler are hauled to the edge of the field, and the doves' breasts are grilled - usually swaddled in bacon, maybe with a jalapeno tucked inside - as the hunters tell and retell tales of the day's shooting. "
Jonathan Miles
Sometimes
Inside
End
" A Negroni demands your full, upright attention. It will not tolerate mindless swigging the way all those sweet summertime drinks do, which is just one reason no one has ever ordered one at a swim-up bar at a resort pool. "
Jonathan Miles
Sweet
Way
Attention
" I'm either proud or embarrassed to say that I never took a journalism class in my life. "
Jonathan Miles
Journalism
Life
Proud
" Ask any deer camp old-timer for a foolproof recipe, and you're likely to encounter a lot of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup. There is a reason for that: Mushrooms plus cream plus game meat adds up to a perfect trinity of flavors. "
Jonathan Miles
Game
You
Soup
" Most of the time, comparing printed song lyrics with poems is like comparing recipes with food: that's to say, patently unfair. "
Jonathan Miles
Time
Unfair
Song
" The greatest meal of my life involved a Triscuit. "
Jonathan Miles
Involved
Meal
Life
" Dry rubs are as integral to downhome barbeque as smoke. "
Jonathan Miles
Integral
Rubs
Smoke
" Think schnitzel, and you usually think veal or pork: pounded into tenderness, battered, and fried to a golden magnificence. "
Jonathan Miles
Think
Fried
Golden
" Wild geese have so much less fat than their domestic brethren that, as far as the kitchen is concerned, the two birds should be considered different species altogether - so much so that they require opposite roasting methods. "
Jonathan Miles
Kitchen
Birds
Fat
" You pray for days when the crappie fishing is so relentlessly good that you're giggling like a kid and the only things you're lacking in life are another stringer and an extra hour on the water. But what do you do with that pile of freshly caught crappies spilling out of your cooler? Call your pals for a mega-fry. "
Jonathan Miles
Kid
Fishing
Good
" The best largemouth bass fishing I've ever encountered was at Lake Huites, a vast impoundment on the outskirts of the Sierra Madre Occidentals in Sinaloa, Mexico. "
Jonathan Miles
Mexico
Lake
Best
" Great sauces are like an insurance policy for venison roasts, which can easily overcook or dry out. Beyond their ability to rescue, however, is the power to elevate. "
Jonathan Miles
Beyond
Policy
Great
" Paddleboarding is what happens when you want to kayak on a surfboard or surf a kayak: You stand atop a board paddling yourself around. It's a leisurely good time. "
Jonathan Miles
Want
Yourself
You
" A banal poem is never more than a banal poem. A banal or trite lyric, however, can be - with the right vocal cords - brilliantly and shatteringly conveyed. "
Jonathan Miles
Banal
More
Never
" Poems, unlike songs, are written to be read and, thus, come equipped with their own rhythms and melodies; they're self-contained entities, the whole shebang. "
Jonathan Miles
Songs
Read
Own
" The booming popularity of alligator hunting, sparked by reality shows like the History Channel's 'Swamp People,' is easy to understand: It's an exotic blast of adrenaline. But there's a culinary upside as well, with gator boasting a delicate light-pink meat that, to me, falls somewhere between veal and wild turkey. "
Jonathan Miles
People
Hunting
Reality
" Not long ago, in an excruciatingly remote village in the Australian Outback, I was startled to see a bartender in a cowboy hat measuring out a classically proportioned French 75 - something he'd picked up on the Internet, he told me. "
Jonathan Miles
Me
See
Village
" For most of the competitors, winning the Dakar has little to do with the standings on the final day and everything to do with making it to the final day. "
Jonathan Miles
Little
Winning
Day
" I once stumped Jimmy Buffett by calling him a saint. "
Jonathan Miles
Saint
Calling
Him
" I first encountered fish jerky during a marlin tournament in Kona, Hawaii. It was steeped in the island flavors of ginger, soy, and pineapple. "
Jonathan Miles
Fish
Island
Tournament