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Kari Underly’s New Beef Cutting Book

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Portland Meat Collective

This is, hands-down, the best book on beef cutting that’s out there today. I had … More »

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Anyone looking for a side of pig? I’ve got one for you!

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Portland Meat Collective

For a Basic Pig Butchery Class for Home Charcuterie class next Friday, students of the PMC are purchasing three sides of pork from Joshua Lichtner, a farm in Forest Grove who I recently wrote about. However, we need to find a home for the fourth side (ordering two pigs means ordering four sides!) which I don’t need for the class. More »

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Fleisher’s Brilliant New Butchery Book

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Portland Meat Collective

Jessica Applestone, co-owner of Fleisher’s Grass-Fed and Organic Meats in New York, recently sent me a copy of the new book her and her husband, Joshua Applestone, came out with. It’s called The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat and you all should run out and get a copy. It’s one of the most sincere, un-showy, very smart butchery books I’ve seen. More »