A January dinner party with a gamey twist. Warm partridge salad with crispy Parma ham To begin. This warm partridge salad with crispy Parma ham by Philippa Davis has a surprise kick. The secret splash of vodka is guaranteed to get everyone in the spirit of things at a supper…
Patrick Grant goes through life at quite the clip. Brought up in Edinburgh, he played rugby for Scotland at under-18 and under-19 levels. An injury ended his career but not his love of adrenaline, and after graduating from the University of Leeds in materials science he worked in Vail as…
Originating from the coastal regions of France and England, chowder is now a staple on most traditional menus across New England. My recipe is made with a flavourful partridge stock, soft potatoes and lashings of cream topped with crispy bacon and luscious, buttery scallops. Partridge, scallop and bacon chowder Partridge…
The word ‘legendary’ is often applied promiscuously to sporting guns but is well deserved in the case of the Browning B25 Superposed, which has just celebrated its 100th birthday. The first mass-produced over-and-under, it remains a flagship for Browning with around 350,000 manufactured in Belgium and some 30 bespoke guns…
This Mexican-inspired dish of fried flour tortillas stuffed with cooked pheasant, cheese, herbs and spice can be prepped in advance and cooked just before serving. Serves 8. (See our other make-ahead recipes here.) Spicy pheasant taquitos Ingredients 2 tbsp cold-pressed rape or olive oil 4 skinless pheasant breasts, sinews removed…
These meaty, savoury pancakes are perfect if you are craving comfort food on a cold, dark, wintry day. Serves 2. Ingredients Pancakes 100g plain flour 1 free-range egg 250ml whole milk 1 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil plus extra for frying Filling 1 onion, peeled and finely sliced 2 cloves…
ONE of the great attractions of fieldsports is that, generally speaking, they are not affected too much by the weather. Bad light never stops play, and rarely does bad weather. We all remember those special days when a gale blew, the heavens opened or a blizzard turned the world white.…
Overweight gundogs are slow and plodding when, at four or five years old, they should be in their prime. Overweight gundogs are unlikely to be cooperative with their new health kick, so enforcing the rules will take some authority. Read: Be pack leader in your own home for Janet Menzies’…
A reader writes: We have a tired and battered billiard table which we would like to have re-baized and restored for our growing grandchildren. The table has been stored in a barn with the chickens for many years.We are hoping the restored table will make future visits here more exciting…
No doubt most people start with the best of intentions. The decision is made to get a proper gundog, one that will sit obediently at the peg, walk to heel off the lead, retrieve on command and recall instantly on the first pip of the whistle. We have all seen…
