In 2010, fans of Rob and Allie Levitt’s cooking were heartbroken when the married couple mysteriously up and left the Chicago restaurant they opened together, Mado. However, excitement began brewing in November as sustainable meat and charcuterie enthusiasts began passing rumors of the couple’s new venture — a whole beast, old-school butcher shop using all locally...
Wild Meat
Dijon Mustard & White Wine Braised Rabbit
A recipe worthy of a fatal attraction
Jul 12, 2011 12:31 pm
photo: dainee on Flickr
Rabbit can be decadent and delicious, especially when it is braised in Dijon mustard and white wine. On top of all of that, this recipe calls for bacon, making it even more delectable.
If you just can't swallow the thought of eating a rabbit, subsitute chicken instead.
How to Grill a Buffalo Steak
Buffalo: The other red meat
Jul 6, 2011 11:16 am
Photo: Jill O'Brien & Bonny Fleming
Buffalo is a great alternative to beef for people who want beefy taste without all the fat. Buffalo also has a sweeter flavor than beef, adding a little complexity to that burger or steak. The biggest problem that people tend to have with buffalo is that they cook it like beef, which cooks for longer due to the thicker intra-muscular fat on cows. Buffalo needs less time and...
Meet China's Muslim Lamb Chop
Lamb breast offers a surprise on a trip to Queens
Jun 22, 2011 3:16 pm
Photo: roboppy
Not too long ago in Morocco, I had the extreme displeasure of devouring a sheep’s rich, flan-like breast. It’s a memory seared into my synapses like grill marks on a burger. So imagine my fear when my friends suggested we travel to Flushing, Queens (home to New York City’s...
Weird or Good? Eating Ostrich
This meat’s taking its head out of the sand
May 25, 2011 4:09 pm
Photo: timparkinson on Flickr
It sounds like the perfect food: Low in fat and cholesterol, high in protein, iron, and calcium, and tastes very similar to beef. But you still have to get past one tiny obstacle: It came from an oversized bird. You know, the one that gave us the feather duster.
Amazingly enough, ostrich is 90% lower in fat than beef and even has fewer calories than turkey...
Gross Things To Eat: Sheep Mammaries
Taking a truly strange culinary detour in Morocco
May 13, 2011 1:30 pm
Photo: Jenene Chesbrough
I’m no stranger to shoving breasts in my mouth. Mainly, they’ve hailed from chickens, whose plump flesh is batter-dipped and fried till crisp. But decades of devouring crunchy cluckers barely prepared me for northern Africa’s favorite breast meat.
A few years ago, I vacationed in Morocco. The trip was my fiancée’s fancy, but her vegetarianism made her a...
Hunting the Groundhog
It's Man v Beast in a battle over tender greens
Apr 21, 2011 10:15 am
Illustration: Drew Lerman
Each week I’d arrive at the family farm in Pennsylvania to find less and less lettuce. It was as if the greens were growing backwards. One week they were there, the next week, they were not. When the beet tops and cauliflower disappeared I realized that in order to eat any salad this summer, I’d need a rifle.
I am not the vengeful type. I let bygones be...
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