extreme-cuisine

The Bird-Killer Of Brooklyn

josh · 04/05/07 09:42AM

Yesterday we mentioned Steven Rinella, a bird-killing dinner-party thrower and the author of The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine. Turns out he could easily transition from cuisinist to criminal. Rinella recently hunted a number of small Brooklyn critters, including two sparrows and a few mourning doves, and gathered a couple of the literary world's more cavalier eaters for a dinner party. According to the Audubon Center, among the common sparrow species that call Brooklyn home are the field sparrow, the swamp sparrow, the song sparrow and the American tree sparrow. And those who kill migratory birds are not only making Baby Jesus weep, they're breaking the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C.