We Hunt
We Gather

Vol. 1

This is a book about my table and the people around it — the recipes I cook for my friends, written down and kept, so the nights we eat together keep happening.

The fussy details are just how I show up for people: every recipe counts its real minutes, owns every dish it dirties, and tells you honestly what a substitution costs.

Come eat ↓
Sepia sketch of five friends laughing around a table heavy with roast chicken, bread, and wine, in a stone-and-timber lodge.

Cook Around Anything

Someone at the table can't do dairy, gluten, wine? Tap it. Every recipe re-renders with its best honest substitution — or tells you kindly to cook its sibling instead. Your choices follow you around the site.

To Begin

Starters

The Morning After

Pasta

The Hunt

Braised Lamb Shoulder with Freekeh & Pomegranate

with Baharat, Smoked Freekeh, Garlic Yogurt, Herbs & Toasted Pine Nuts

“The Shoulder & the Smoke”

MainFall · WinterAdvancedActive 1 h 31 min13 dishes

Butter Chicken

Murgh Makhani — Charred Yogurt-Marinated Thighs in a Silken Tomato-Butter Gravy

“The Peacemaker”

MainFall · WinterIntermediateActive 1 h 3 min9 dishes

Char Siu

Cantonese barbecue pork, lacquered in honey and maltose

“The Lacquered Edge”

MainAnyIntermediateActive 55 min7 dishes

Coq au Vin

with Lardons, Glazed Pearl Onions & Beurre Manié

“The Bird That Waits”

MainFall · WinterIntermediateActive 1 h 17 min9 dishes

Filet Mignon

with Red Wine Reduction & Herb Oil

“The Overnight Commitment”

MainFall · WinterIntermediateActive 1 h 1 min14 dishes

Jamaican Jerk Chicken

with Scotch Bonnet, Pimento & Thyme, Grilled Low Over Smoke

“Pimento Smoke”

MainSummer · AnyIntermediateActive 52 min7 dishes

Lamb Loin Chops

with Garlic Confit Herb Butter, Red Wine Reduction & Warm Arugula Salad

“The Red Thread”

MainWinter · SpringIntermediateActive 1 h 21 min13 dishes

Moroccan Chicken Tagine

with Preserved Lemon, Cracked Green Olives & Saffron

“The Golden Hour”

MainFall · WinterIntermediateActive 50 min10 dishes

Osso Buco alla Milanese

with Braised Veal Shanks, White Wine & Soffritto, finished with Raw Gremolata

“The Hollow Bone”

MainFall · WinterIntermediateActive 1 h 10 min7 dishes

Saffron Risotto alla Milanese with Bone Marrow

with Carnaroli, White Wine, Roasted Marrow & Gremolata

“The Marrow of the Matter”

MainFall · WinterIntermediateActive 58 min9 dishes

Seafood Paella (Paella de Marisco)

with Saffron, Ñora Sofrito, Shrimp, Mussels & Squid

“The Crust We Fight Over”

MainSpring · SummerAdvancedActive 53 min12 dishes

Whole Roasted Branzino with Salsa Verde

with Shaved Fennel, Lemon & a Bunch of Parsley

“The Whole Catch”

MainSpring · SummerIntermediateActive 50 min11 dishes

Wine-Braised Brisket

with Red Wine, Caramelized Onions & Tomato

“The Day-Two Dividend”

MainFall · WinterIntermediateActive 1 h 35 min9 dishes

The Sauce Cellar

From the Oven

The Sweet End

Acai Berry Cheesecake (Raw, Frozen)

with a Toasted-Nut Base, Cashew-Coconut Cream & Amazonian Acai

“Purple Reign”

DessertSummerIntermediateActive 42 min10 dishes

Alfajores

Cornstarch Shortbread Sandwiched with Dulce de Leche & Rolled in Coconut

“The Passing Plate”

DessertAnyIntermediateActive 1 h 26 min12 dishes

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

with Two-Toned Torched Meringue

“The Overripe Achiever”

DessertAnyIntermediateActive 1 h 20 min19 dishes

Chocolate Babka

Twisted Enriched Loaf with a Dark-Chocolate, Cocoa & Cinnamon Fill and a Sugar-Syrup Soak

“The Sunday Twist”

DessertAnyProjectActive 1 h 12 min13 dishes

Dark Chocolate Mousse

two ingredients, one cloud

“Two Ingredients, Zero Excuses”

DessertAnyIntermediateActive 26 min7 dishes

Crème Brûlée

Vanilla Bean Custard under a Torched Sugar Shell

“The Tap”

DessertAnyIntermediateActive 37 min7 dishes

Flan Napolitano

Cream Cheese Custard over Burnt-Sugar Caramel

“Gold Standard”

DessertAnyIntermediateActive 34 min8 dishes

Mango Sticky Rice

Steamed Glutinous Rice, Warm Salted Coconut & Ripe Mango

“Khao Niaow Ma Muang”

DessertSummerApproachableActive 37 min10 dishes

Olive Oil Cake

with Rich Lemon Glaze

“Gather Round”

DessertAnyApproachableActive 32 min10 dishes

Panna Cotta

vanilla-scented cream, barely set, with cherry-port coulis

“The Barely-There Wobble”

DessertAnyApproachableActive 21 min7 dishes

Tarte Tatin

Caramelized Apples under Puff Pastry, Turned Out Warm

“The Nerve Test”

DessertFall · WinterIntermediateActive 52 min9 dishes

Tiramisù

with Espresso-Soaked Savoiardi & a Cooked Mascarpone Sabayon

“The Pick-Me-Up”

DessertAnyIntermediateActive 53 min11 dishes

Pastel de Tres Leches

Egg-Foam Sponge Soaked in Three Milks, with Cinnamon Cream

“The Long Soak”

DessertAnyIntermediateActive 57 min10 dishes

Vegan NYC-Style Baked Cheesecake

with a Biscoff Crust, Water-Bath Set & Warm-Spiced Blueberry Sauce

“No-Cow New York”

DessertAnyIntermediateActive 29 min8 dishes