This Texas Couple Helps Hatch Hundreds of Baby Wood Ducks
Bob and Donna McFarland have handed out 177 nest boxes for the colorful species.
Bob and Donna McFarland have handed out 177 nest boxes for the colorful species.
Ready to commit murder most fowl?
”Sergeant Carroll was alerted by the mother duck” to the situation.
When Bruce Pike was 16, he was doing chateaubriand and baked Alaska at the University Club in San Antonio. Now at 31—having migrated through some of that city’s fancier restaurants (including La Buca and Biga)—he is doing his own thing at Luna Notte (6402 N. New Braunfels).“I’m going for a
Garry Olah’s Clay-Pot Orange Duckling1 three-to-five-pound duckling Salt Freshly ground black pepper 3 or 4 garlic cloves, crushed 2 or 3 medium oranges, peeled and sliced (reserve rind) 1 tablespoon bottled orange-peel spice 3/4 cup orange juice 1/2 cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger 1 teaspoon ground allspice
The ingredients are earthy but the effect is divine in chef Mark Morrow’s rustic anitra arrosto, or roast duck. Morrow’s recipes from Mi Piaci in Dallas (14854 Montfort) do a turn on traditional Italian fare: fresh fowl brushed with honey and balsamic vinegar and slow-cooked creamy polenta, made from simple cornmeal.The