Berries recipes

Roasted squab with corn and chili sauce: juniper-scented birds roasted rare, served with a smoky bacon, chili, and corn-cob sauce sweetened with maple syrup.

Wild game marinade with red wine, juniper berries, vinegar, thyme, and peppercorns. Tenderizes caribou chops and steaks over a 2-day soak. Doubles as a BBQ baste.

Spicy fat-free chili with chewy wheat berries, pinto beans, green chiles, and jalapeno relish. A fiery vegetarian chili with serious texture and zero added oil.

Green chili stew with lamb shoulder, poblano peppers, crushed juniper berries, and shredded lemon zest. A New Mexico-style chile verde with tender braised lamb in a thickened chicken broth.

Southwest riblets baked in a mole-inspired sauce with ground red chiles, unsweetened chocolate, juniper berries, tomato paste, and apple cider vinegar. A smoky, complex, slightly bitter glaze on tender pork back ribs.

Fork-tender beef braised in red Zinfandel with juniper berries, thyme, and bay leaf in a clay pot. The wine-rich sauce gets its velvety body from pressed braised vegetables, poured over chunks of steamed carrots and potatoes.

Brined and roasted pork loin with a pinot noir pan sauce, thyme, juniper berries, and whole grain mustard. An elegant Sunday roast for dinner-party plating.

Pheasant with black olives sears and roasts boned pheasant breast and thigh, served with a deep wine and bone-stock reduction studded with black olives and tomato. An elegant wild-game main with Provencal flavors.

Greek baked rabbit (lagos kounelli fournou) marinated for days in red wine and herbs, then slow-braised in a tomato-wine sauce warmed with allspice. A rustic, fall-off-the-bone game dish from the Greek countryside.

Healthy&Taste: Dufflet's Light Lemon Cheesecake recipe

A showstopping Persian jeweled rice (javaher polow) layered with saffron-glazed carrots, barberries, currants, pistachios, almonds, orange peel, and rose water. Topped with a golden tah dig crust.

Juniper Marinated Medallions of Caribou Fillet recipe

Stuffed Goose Breast with Caraway and Apples recipe

Kotopoulo Kapanici: Greek braised chicken with tomatoes, white wine, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. A warmly spiced one-pot casserole with optional artichoke hearts.

Bone broth caribou soup loaded with potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnip, and cabbage, seasoned with juniper berries and white wine. Even better the next day.

Poblano lamb stew: cubed lamb shoulder simmered with crushed juniper berries and chicken broth, then finished with roasted poblano strips and a bright shower of lemon zest.