Jonathan Miles

The greatest meal of my life involved a Triscuit.

— Jonathan Miles

I guess I'm old-fashioned.

— Jonathan Miles

I'm either proud or embarrassed to say that I never took a journalism class in my life.

— Jonathan Miles

It drives me crazy to throw something out. I find planned obsolescence revolting.

— Jonathan Miles

Aside from the martini, the mint julep may be the most iconic cocktail in America.

— Jonathan Miles

Dry rubs are as integral to downhome barbeque as smoke.

— Jonathan Miles

Trout plus bacon is one of civilization's greatest formulas; it always equals pleasure.

— Jonathan Miles

Without strenuous preplanning, road food is almost always bad food, sad food, chain food, clown food.

— Jonathan Miles

I once stumped Jimmy Buffett by calling him a saint.

— Jonathan Miles

The angle we give the bathroom mirror is always meant to flatter.

— Jonathan Miles

So much magazine writing is playing to an empty room. You work like a plow horse, your words get printed on a…

— Jonathan Miles

Driving a race car isn't too far a cry from driving any other sports car, but driving one through Africa in the…

— Jonathan Miles

You can't rent a car in Bermuda; about twenty miles long and two miles wide at its fattest, it deems itself too…

— Jonathan Miles

Roasting fish that's encased inside a salt crust is a centuries-old method of ensuring moist, ultra-flavorful flesh.

— Jonathan Miles

Poems, unlike songs, are written to be read and, thus, come equipped with their own rhythms and melodies; they're self-contained entities, the…

— Jonathan Miles

Technically, fish can last up to half a year in a freezer, but their quality starts to slide after the first month.

— Jonathan Miles

A combination of stir-fry and salad, Lok Lak is a popular staple in Cambodia. It's usually made with beef, but in olden…

— Jonathan Miles

A salmi is an oldfangled, richly flavored game stew - often served, like chipped beef, over toast - that was a delicacy…

— Jonathan Miles

Though little known in the U.S., the Dakar is a sports juggernaut in Europe, where France's state broadcasting company runs more than…

— Jonathan Miles

After a solid day of fishing, I'm craving something hearty. That's where a jug of buttermilk comes in. Poaching fish in buttermilk…

— Jonathan Miles

Poyha is a venison dish handed down from the Cherokee tribe. You can think of it as a meatloaf, which it is,…

— Jonathan Miles

With the notable exceptions of rum drinks, black beans, fat brown cigars, the smiles of pretty girls, hot yellow sunlight, and fat…

— Jonathan Miles

It's often said that doves provide valuable practice for duck season, but this strikes me as upside down. With their tiny profiles,…

— Jonathan Miles

Ask any deer camp old-timer for a foolproof recipe, and you're likely to encounter a lot of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup.…

— Jonathan Miles

In the South, dove hunts do not draw quietly to a close. Sometimes, at the simplest end, a grill and cooler are…

— Jonathan Miles

Not long ago, in an excruciatingly remote village in the Australian Outback, I was startled to see a bartender in a cowboy…

— Jonathan Miles

“Had Stella been named anything else, and/or had we lived in any other city besides New Orleans, my desperate call would have…

— Jonathan Miles

“This is our condition . We do not solve problems. We replace them with other problems.”

— Jonathan Miles

The rich flavors of duck meat have always attracted sweet, fruit-based sauces.

— Jonathan Miles

Few things grace a plate as dramatically as a whole plucked upland bird, however it's cooked.

— Jonathan Miles

Most of us seem to be buried under our own possessions, and it seems to be getting worse.

— Jonathan Miles

If everything is disposable or recyclable, how does that make us feel about ourselves and each other?

— Jonathan Miles

Bullies are bullies, and they're always uninteresting.

— Jonathan Miles

For me, there's something likable but not quite lovable about poached fish: the ultraclean flavor, the melt-away texture, the no-fat virtuousness.

— Jonathan Miles

The best largemouth bass fishing I've ever encountered was at Lake Huites, a vast impoundment on the outskirts of the Sierra Madre…

— Jonathan Miles

There is a mammalian side to all of us; on occasion, it rears its head, snarls, makes a mess, acts the fool,…

— Jonathan Miles

Loading a hollowed-out loaf of bread with steak, mushrooms, shallots, and a fat dose of horseradish yields a kind of portable beef…

— Jonathan Miles

The perfect way for an angler who loves to cook to show off his fish is serving it whole, fresh off the…

— Jonathan Miles

Havana is one of the great cities of the world, sublimely tawdry yet stubbornly graceful, like tarnished chrome - a city, as…

— Jonathan Miles

David Benioff can hardly be classified as an underdog. The 2002 film adaptation of his first novel, 'The 25th Hour,' was directed…

— Jonathan Miles