Henry Alexander Shaw (born July 30, 1970) is an American chef, author, and outdoorsman who runs the wild foods website Hunter Angler Gardener Cook.[1] He is the author of five cookbooks about preparing fish and wild game for the table:[2]Hunt Gather Cook, Duck Duck Goose, Buck Buck Moose, Pheasant Quail Cottontail and Hook Line and Supper.
After an initial few years working as a line cook and sous chef in restaurants in Madison, Wisconsin, Shaw became a newspaper reporter, first for the Madison Times weekly newspaper, then to a series of weeklies on Long Island, including the Islip Bulletin and the Suffolk County News.
Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, Shaw's wild foods website, began in 2007 and has become one of the largest sources of wild food recipes on the internet. It has won numerous awards, including the James Beard Award, and is home to more than 1100 recipes.
Shaw has appeared on numerous television shows, including Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods,[4]Mike Rowe's Somebody’s Gotta Do It,[5]Steven Rinella's Meateater,[6] and Randy Newberg's Fresh Tracks.[7]
Shaw’s first book was released in 2011 by Rodale Books.[8] It is a primer on the wild world and covers hunting, fishing and foraging. The New York Times praised the book: “In Hunt, Gather, Cook, [Shaw] makes a powerful argument for joining him in a few of those pursuits, if only to become aware of the great bounty that surrounds us in the natural world, even when we live in urban environments—and perhaps particularly then.”[9]
Duck, Duck, Goose: Recipes and Techniques for Ducks and Geese, both Wild and Domesticated
Shaw's second book was released by Ten Speed Press in October 2013.[8] It covers all things waterfowl and was named as one of the Cookbooks of the Year in 2013 by Amazon.com.
Buck, Buck, Moose: Recipes and Techniques for Cooking Deer, Elk, Moose, Antelope and Other Antlered Things
Published in September 2016, this is a comprehensive cookbook covering all forms of venison,[10] and is the first book Shaw released via his publishing company, H&H Books.
Pheasant, Quail, Cottontail: Upland Birds and Small Game from Field to Feast
Released in March 2018,[11] this is Shaw's third book, also published by Shaw's company. It covers all the upland birds, doves, pigeons and all the small mammals commonly hunted in North America.
Hook, Line and Supper: New Techniques and Master Recipes for Everything Caught in Lakes, Rivers and Streams, and at Sea
Released in May 2021,[12] this is the latest book published by Shaw's company. It covers all the fresh and saltwater fish species, and focuses on using both to improve cooking skills fish and seafood cooks.
Shaw won numerous journalism awards in his early career, and was first nominated for a James Beard Award for Hunter Angler Gardener Cook in 2009.[13] He was nominated again in 2010,[14] and won the award in 2013.[15]
