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Driven duck in pancakes

Leon Challis-Davies is a chef who loves to cook with wild ingredients in the open air

A bright October day dawned. The sun was low on the road as I drove to Bedfordshire, the russet and gold trees reflecting the sun’s fierce glow. A perfect autumn day was promised.

Our syndicate, like many others up and down the country, has seen the devastating impact of avian influenza on bird population and availability, as well as the associated rising prices. The cost of attempting to procure pheasant poults earlier in the season ended in disappointment. Instead, the money was invested into turning two of the five drives into driven

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