KRISSIE    MASON

Not a hunter? Finding wild game is easier than you might think.

Nothing says comfort quite like a meal that’s part field adventure, part Italian kitchen magic!

I was taught how to shine and pluck night-crawlers from the heavy, clayrich soil in our yard; best done on rainy June evenings after storms.

There’s science that explains sunsets. And if you think winter along Minnesota's northshore produces some of the most beautiful – you’re...

For 25 years, Mike Bartz served as a Wisconsin Conservation Warden. Recently, we connected on the Northshore of Minnesota, in the heart...

A few years ago The National Pheasants Forever Fest and Quail Classic was in Sioux Falls. I was interviewed, along with Danielle Prewitt,...

My first experience with a handgun was firing dad’s Smith & Wesson .45 caliber M1917 U.S. Army service revolver. I was a young girl in a...

If you knew them you would have expected nothing less. The icehouse built by my dad and brother was a feat of German engineering;...

What are the outer bounds of food culture? To what limits will we call something "food"? To what emotional and physiological culinary...

Be it Umble, Steak & Kidney, Black Bird, Pheasant, or made with leftover waterfowl lazing in the freezer, meat pie happens when pastry...

Since the earliest conquests of the Vikings, the bedrock of traditional Nordic fare has been an abundance of fish, seafood, root...

Though I risk preaching to the outdoor choir, Walleye Pike, the esteemed Minnesota State Fish, is arguably our favorite eater. (There are...

Fennel is one of my favorite vegetables for soups. If you've never cut one up, here's a quick slideshow on how to do it: Once you've...

Working on curating the published print pieces for this category. Getting the files from the magazines can be challenging. In the...

You hear that faint sizzle in the distance? It’s the whisper of grills searing meat for mid-Summer cookouts. Yes, from sea to shining...

“What we really need to do is preach the gospel of everyday cooks; the hard-working, passionate women and men not written about in...

After a day spent carving wakes, or cutting cord wood, nothing compares to settling into a comfortable camp chair, kicking off your flip...

When I’m feeling a little unimaginative in my wild game kitchen, one of the fastest routes back to inspiration is a quick side trip to...

(*NOTE* Article first appeared in early November.) Some of you lucky souls have already harvested and processed your 2017 deer. My first...

Don’t let baking bread scare you off. There are two super simple, well-known, no-kneading required recipes that I use all the time for...