Game Birds

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

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Unlikely though it may seem to those who have drowsed on the steps of the New York Public Library, pigeons in their time are one of the greatest delicacies in the world of cuisine. Before they fly, pigeons are squabs and there is scarcely a bird that is more delicious, even though they are an expensive delicacy.