After the Hunt explores man's hunting history from cave man through American colonization. Travel through time as ancient man learns to create tools, nets and traps for hunting then, cultivates a gluttonous taste for wild game delicacies and grand game banquets that continue for days. From China to Egypt from Greece to Rome, the hunt was a revered sport that prepared men for war. Visit game parks of the noblemen and review the hunting privileges that were reserved for the aristocracy alone. Through Medieval Europe to the Renaissance the hunt was immortalized in paintings, tapestries, china, furniture, symphonies and song. With every page the reader comes to understand that man's love affair with hunting is not just about the kill, but about the pursuit of an ancient, innate treasure. Conquer the wilds of North America with early colonists and travel down the Mississippi River to the "Land of Louis" for a glimpse into Louisiana's magnificent hunting camps. After the Hunt is a compilation of countless historical images, dazzling color and tantalizing food photography that pays proper homage to Louisiana as Sportsman's Paradise and to the hunter of yesterday, today and tomorrow. More than 500 unique game and game fish recipes are included in this 870-page tome. Whether you're cooking wild boar or woodcock, squirrel or squab, teal or tuna, you'll find a unique recipe in this book. Tallyho!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was introduced to this magnificent book by a friend and couldn't wait to get my own copy. It is worth every dime spent.
This is the kind of book/cookbook that you will not part with and will look forward to giving as gifts (please note that this book would give a vegan/vegetarian nightmares as it is very graphic...seriously).
Whether you're a hunter, fisherman, outdoorsman, history buff, homesick cajun or just a cook looking to expand your repetoire, this book has a lot for everyone! It has nice heavy-weight glossy paper, good solid binding, tons of photographs and illustrations, a terrific historical information section and beaucoup great recipes, starting with, of course, the rouxs (multiple roux recipes).
My old cajun MawMaw fixed many a creative and delicious meal using possum, squirrel, coon and other mysterious vittles (the critters and parts of them that regular folks definitely did not eat!) that I genuinely do NOT want to know the identity of. Most of these meals were born of necessity...poor farming people in the depression ate what they could kill and I am convinced that a good cajun cook can make ANYTHING taste fabulous.
Folse has recorded in this book a stunning variety of recipes using all those lesser known delicacies including nutria, beaver, muskrat as well as hunting standards like deer, rabbit and duck. Should this "recession" that we are currently experiencing turn into a long-term depression, this cookbook will be worth it's weight in gold for those trying to stretch scarce food dollars.
This is the kind of book/cookbook that you will not part with and will look forward to giving as gifts (please note that this book would give a vegan/vegetarian nightmares as it is very graphic...seriously).
Whether you're a hunter, fisherman, outdoorsman, history buff, homesick cajun or just a cook looking to expand your repetoire, this book has a lot for everyone! It has nice heavy-weight glossy paper, good solid binding, tons of photographs and illustrations, a terrific historical information section and beaucoup great recipes, starting with, of course, the rouxs (multiple roux recipes).
My old cajun MawMaw fixed many a creative and delicious meal using possum, squirrel, coon and other mysterious vittles (the critters and parts of them that regular folks definitely did not eat!) that I genuinely do NOT want to know the identity of. Most of these meals were born of necessity...poor farming people in the depression ate what they could kill and I am convinced that a good cajun cook can make ANYTHING taste fabulous.
Folse has recorded in this book a stunning variety of recipes using all those lesser known delicacies including nutria, beaver, muskrat as well as hunting standards like deer, rabbit and duck. Should this "recession" that we are currently experiencing turn into a long-term depression, this cookbook will be worth it's weight in gold for those trying to stretch scarce food dollars.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By K. M. Camp
Format:Hardcover
A glorious pictorial; educational, beautiful and totally fun! Cookbook collectors, it's a definite. Even if one never prepared a dish (say not!) it is a beautiful object.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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After the Hunt; Louisiana's Authoritative Collections of Wild Game and Game Fish Cookery
May 25, 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Awesome! From the minute I was shown this book I knew I had to have it. I truly enjoy cooking game and this book has the guidelines I was looking for. Anything you want to make!!!!! It's in there
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Very neat!!
Loved the facts and recipes in this book. Has some very unique recipes!!! Can't wait to try some of them!
Published 2 months ago by MsGal
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Masterpiece
Ordered book for my brother in law who lives in louisiana and throughly enjoys hunting and cooking. Arrived fast, and in great condition - great gift !
Published 4 months ago by Donia Bennett
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A Hunter's Christmas Present
We bought this book for our son for Christmas. He is an avid hunter and has started cooking some of his wild game. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rusty Bellue
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Fantastic Cookbook that every hunter should own!
I had never actually READ a cookbook before I got my first John Folse cookbook. I received the Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine as a gift and started flipping through it as... Read more
Published 4 months ago by CLIFFORD R TILLMAN JR
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After The Hunt
Bought the book for my brother for Christmas. He's a big hunter/outdoorsman and he loved it! I was worried he would think it was just a cookbook, but it's so much more. Read more
Published 4 months ago by KaseyH
4.0 out of 5 stars
Handsome History and Handbook for the Sportsman
OK, so I was shooting for alliteration with my title, but the truth is that this has its value as a history book on hunting for sport which seems to encompass the first 1/3 of the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by RueBellevue
5.0 out of 5 stars
The perfect gift for my father, the hunter!!!!
I purchased this book for my father because everytime he comes to my house he sits at my bar with this book. He loves this book. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Crystal
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A must for hunters
The photographs in this book are magnificent and the research, content and recipes are even better. Im giving it to a hunter who has everything and been everywhere. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Hehe
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Wild Game
Quite possibly the best wild game cooklbook ever published. Plus it has lots of stories about hunting and the origin of hunting in the book. Read more
Published 22 months ago by puck
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After the Hunt
I just received this book as a gift. It is, without a doubt, the best cookbook ever. I plan to use some of the recipes for the free-range, organic elk and deer meat this fall. Read more
Published on August 25, 2010 by Kathy Odato
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