Romans dedicated geese to Juno, their highest goddess, and authors such as Plinius and Horace described goose husbandry techniques and delicious goose recipes.
I called Don Shingler Jr. at Down Factory (downfactory.com), a Web site crammed with fun tidbits, including his recipe for goose.
Backers pay $18 and up in order to receive one of the first Golden Goose gadgets, along with recipe guides, a manual and other swag.
In Gail's new book, Talking with my Mouth Full, she tells a wonderful story about working for a food critic where she cooked the same recipe for goose countless times.
The Cratchits ate one with apple sauce in A Christmas Carol and René Redzepi has a brilliant recipe for roast goose here.
Ducks Unlimited, a wetlands conservation group, circulates recipes like snow goose bourguignon, and the Arctic Goose Joint Venture, a group of American and Canadian wildlife managers and scientists, has published an entire snow goose cookbook.
In the evening, reserve at Szabla i Szklanka (ul.Poselska 22, 00 48122 426 5440), a new restaurant that is a stylish mix of rustic and contemporary design, where the cuisine blends traditional Polish products with creative recipes such as goose foie gras cooked with pears and Tokaj wine, or cinnamon-roasted duck.
Just stock up on duck and goose fat for many of the recipes.
Here Tom presents 10 mouthwatering festive recipes, from a festive goose and a baked camembert pithivier, to perfect stuffing and mace meringue.
There are recipes for partridge, hare, Canada goose, and Confederation beaver, with explicit photographic instructions for butchering.
