Ep. 45: Hank Shaw - Hunter, Angler, Gardner, Cook.

Brief Summary of Show:

 

Travis speaks with Hank Shaw who is a James Beard Award-winning author and chef who focuses all his energies on wild foods: foraging, fishing and hunting. 

 

Travis and Hank discuss a wide array of topics including what causes some meats to taste gamey, strategies or game care, tips for the new hunter, angler and forager and how Covid has affected the landscape of wild food collection.  Hank tells us about his most recent book, with is more of a life project, Hook, Line and Supper. 

 

Pre-order Hook, Line and Supper through Amazon or https://honest-food.net/hank-shaw-books/

 

 

Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Intro [00:00:00 - 00:02:05]
• Increased attention / interest during COVID [00:02:05 - 00:04:10] 
• Mushroom picking, hunting squirrels & the bubonic plague [00:04:10 - 00:07:45]
• Hanks background of foraging, gardening, angling & hunting [00:07:45 - 00:08:18]
• What brought Hank to write his books in the order that he did [00:08:18 - 00:16:44]
• Spanish classes & Mexican cooking [00:16:44 - 00:23:58]
• Peoples fear of food, and sharing spots to mushroom pick or crab, etc. [00:23:58 - 00:32:14]
• Shane Mahoney & having ‘skin in the game’ as a hunter, angler or forager [00:32:14 - 00:39:47]
• Tips for late onset hunters [00:39:47 - 00:50:37]
• Small game vs. big game and gamey meat & game care [00:50:37 - 01:08:17]
• Hanks new book & his social media platforms [01:08:17 - 01:12:56]
• Outro [01:12:56 - 01:13:47]

 

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources which may be beneficial to you:

 

• Silvercore [00:00:10] [00:00:21] [00:00:24] [00:00:31] [00:00:46] [00:01:22]
• Ultimate Firefighter Tuition Giveaway [00:00:47]
• Training Division [00:00:49] [00:01:02]
• Gwar [00:01:33] [00:01:37] [00:22:57]
• Hank Shaw [00:01:34] [00:15:09]
• April Vokey [00:28:48] [00:28:51]
• MeatEater [00:29:02] [00:29:59]
• Steve Rinella [00:06:09] [00:30:02] [00:53:17]
• Hook, Line and Supper [00:08:33] [00:43:38]
• Duck, Duck, Goose [00:09:36] [00:10:35]
• Buck, Buck, Moose [00:09:42] [01:09:00]
• Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail [00:09:45]
• Honest Food [00:15:11] [01:11:40] [01:11:40]
• James Beard [00:15:55]
• Rio Grande Turkey [00:17:12]
• Eastern Wild Turkey [00:17:22]
• Nixtaco [00:21:35]
• Control Machete [00:23:00] [00:23:04]
• Kinky [00:23:13] [00:23:14]
• El Gran Silencio [00:23:15]
• Plastilina Mosh [00:23:20] [00:23:22]
• Point Reyes National Seashore [00:31:27]
• Shane Mahoney [00:32:17] [00:34:16] [00:34:33] [00:41:28]
• Cod Sounds [00:32:36]
• Conservation Visions [00:33:24] 
• The Wild Harvest Initiative [00:33:26]
• D’Artagnan [00:41:38]
• Sam Thayer [00:45:51]
• René Redzepi [01:04:46]
• Magnus Nilsson [01:04:50]

 

• Hunt, Gather, Cook (book) [01:11:52]
• HuntGatherCook.com [01:12:04]
• Hunt Gather Cook (Facebook Page)

 

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