The Ultimate Companion to Meat: On the Farm At the Butcher In the Kitchen

About this book

You hold the right book in your hands. Learning from it will be delicious. Anthony Bourdain Meat is the centerpiece of celebratory meals and everyday dinners. The quality of the meatbe it beef lamb chicken pork or even wild game like venison and rabbitand the way it is prepared has never been so thoroughly important as in todays world. Fifth- generation butcher Anthony Puharich believes that sustainably raised meat can and should remain the pinnacle of the kitchen: a special and wonderful treat handled with care by the best farmers and butchers and eaten with respect. In The Ultimate Companion to Meat he reveals how to make enjoying meat a sublime experience with more than 100 recipes. Chapters include Birds Sheep Pigs Cattle and Wild. There is information about breeds their history and what they eat and how it affects the taste as well as what happens on the farm at the butcher and finally in the kitchen. Theres a chapter on technique including cooking methods and basic butchery. Hundreds of illustrations diagrams and stunning photographs make this truly the ultimate guide for anyone who is serious about meat. More than 100 color photographs and illustrations