He suspected they'd all get very sick of game stew by then.

Game stew with some wild plants is all we have, but there's enough."

A lunch of game stew back at Krabloonik's log cabin restaurant is included.

The black figs add to the sauce, giving it much the density of a traditional French salmis, which is typically a game stew.

Main courses in winter include a selection of civets, or game stews, made with deep, hearty sauces of red wine and the blood of the animal.

The fish casserole and game stew are both delicious, but it's the home-grown liqueurs that take your breath and much of the rest of the day away.

The only concoctions I have encountered that matched those fish and game stews were brewed in a huge pot on a wood stove in a deer camp in northern New Hampshire.

Hyacinthe, ever with a keen eye to chance, bartered with our nearest neighbors, trading a skin of passable wine for three bowls of a game stew spiced with fennel and last-year's carrots, with the assurance of meals to come.

FOR A DERBY DAY BRUNCH SATURDAY is Derby Day, the time to serve mint juleps, country ham and the traditional meat, poultry and game stew called burgoo.