MeatEater Cooks (2021 - 2021)

Ol Cal, Chef Kevin, and Snort knock off work a bit early one day to hunt some of the last of the season's Montana pheasants. With a couple plump roosters in hand they return to Cal's place so that Kevin can show him a classic French dish that transforms the tough to use legs and thighs of the pheasant into a meal fit for a king; or at least a hungry upland hunter.

Janis Putelis put in some serious work to harvest a mature Bighorn Sheep this year and Chef Kevin Gillespie wants to show him a way to prepare it that lives up to the effort Janis put into the hunt. The pair spends all day creating an ancient Kashmiri Dish called Rogan Josh, along with homemade Naan Bread, before finally getting a chance to taste their hard work.

Snow Goose gets a bad rap for being less than extraordinary when it comes to table fare. In reality nothing could be further from the truth. Chef Kevin Gillespie shows Sean Weaver a spin on an American classic, Steak Diane, that is sure to impress even the most skeptical waterfowler.

Kimi Werner certainly knows her way around a kitchen, and when it comes to anything seafood she is an absolute pro. But even pros can still learn something new on occasion and Kevin wants to share a method of preparing octopus with Kimi that he learned from a fellow chef, who is famous for his octopus preparations. The two work together to create a real showstopper of...

Wild + Whole is rooted in the values of sustainable eating, which often means making use of less common ingredients alongside foods in the peak of the season. Kevin and Danielle work together to transform two strikingly different ingredients, fresh duck liver and chanterelle mushrooms, into a dish that would be right at home on the menu of any of Kevin's restaurants.

Seth and Chester are no strangers to a good fish fry. In this episode, they're working with Chef Kevin Gillespie to find a slightly more elevated approach to this classic preparation. The end result is sure to leave you with a strong desire to head out and catch a limit of walleye.

On this episode of MeatEater Cooks, Mark Kenyon and Kevin Gillespie team up to prepare Moussaka with some hard earned ground venison. There is nothing fast about this technical layered dish, but the end result is worth the time in the kitchen.