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Beef Heart. Whole and raw. Amazing in thin slices on the BBQ.

The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat

The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat: How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More by Joshua Applestone, Jessica Applestone and Alexandra Zissu was published by Clarkson Potter on June 7, 2011. I cooked and styled all the recipes included in … Read More

Karaage

Karaage, i.e. Japanese Fried Chicken. Battered chicken thighs deep-fried in lard not once but twice.
Published in The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat: How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More by Joshua Applestone, Jessica Applestone and Alexandra Zissu (Clarkson Potter, … Read More

The Perfect Steak

Dry-aged top sirloin (from an organic grass-fed and corn-finished steer) seared in a pan and finished in the oven, accompanied by marrow bones.
Published in The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat: How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More by Joshua … Read More

Lamb Balls

Quick Lamb Meatballs. Ground lamb with cilantro, garlic and harissa (a Tunisian hot and smokey chili sauce).
Published in The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat: How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More by Joshua Applestone, Jessica Applestone and Alexandra Zissu … Read More

Brick Chicken

Brick Chicken, i.e. spatchcocked chicken fried in a pan and weighted down by a brick.
Published in The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat: How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More by Joshua Applestone, Jessica Applestone and Alexandra Zissu (Clarkson Potter, … Read More

Fats

Clockwise from top left: Duck fat, fatback, leaf lard, bacon fat, lard, salt pork.
Published in The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat: How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More by Joshua Applestone, Jessica Applestone and Alexandra Zissu (Clarkson Potter, 2011)

Roast Beef

Roast beef eye-round on a bed of marrow bones. Cooked for but not published in The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat: How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More by Joshua Applestone, Jessica Applestone and Alexandra Zissu (Clarkson Potter, 2011). … Read More

Fleisher’s Secret Chicken Rub

Secret Chicken Rub. From top to bottom, left to right: oregano, onion flakes, pepper, paprika, sage, salt, garlic powder, cayenne, thyme.
Published in The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat: How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More by Joshua Applestone, Jessica … Read More

Roast Chicken

Fleisher’s secret chicken rub — yes, the sage does sing! — being rubbed into the chicken by yours truly. Then roasted and devoured.
Published in The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat: How to Buy, Cut, and Cook Great Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry, and More by … Read More