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Year of the cow : how 420 pounds of beef built a better life for one American family

Title
Year of the cow : how 420 pounds of beef built a better life for one American family / Jared Stone.
Author
Stone, Jared.
Publication
New York : Flatiron Books, 2015.
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Description
xii, 302 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
"After realizing he knew more about TVs than about the meat on his plate, award-winning TV producer and amateur chef Jared Stone purchased an entire grass-fed steer and resolved to make the best use of it that he possibly could. Year of the Cow follows the trials and tribulations of a home cook as he and his family try to form a more meaningful relationship with their food and the environment. From meeting the rancher who raised his cow to learning how to successfully pack a freezer with cow parts, Stone gets to know his steer and examines how previous generations ate, delving into the ways our ancestors prepared meals and the ethnography of cattle. Over the course of hundreds of nose-to-tail meals shared with friends and family, Stone works his way through his cow armed with a pioneering spirit and a good sense of humor. He becomes more mindful of his diet and bravely confronts challenges he never expected, like how to dry beef jerky without making your home smell like a smokehouse, and how to find deliciousness in the less-common cuts of cattle like the tongue and heart, sharing a recipe at the end of each chapter. By examining the food that fuels his life and pondering the ethics of meat eating, Stone finds the areas where his cooking philosophy overlaps with learning to live a life more fully"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
Cookbooks.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- Prologue1. Meet the MeatRecipe: The Simplest Strip Steak2. GrindRecipe: Red Wine-Braised Chuck Roast3. HeritageRecipe: The Best Burger on the Face of the Earth (Seriously)4. New HeightsRecipe: Killer Jerky5. New FrontiersRecipe: Pho6. Ancestral FoodwaysRecipe: Chicken Fried Steak and Onion Rings7. Go BigRecipe: Christmafestikwanzikkuh Feast8. One Step Back, One Step ForwardRecipe: Meatza9. HeartRecipe: Lengua Tacos10. Around the FireRecipe: Steak au Poivre11. I Am an AnimalRecipe: Steak Frites12. BonesRecipe: StockEpilogue.
Call Number
JFD 16-2845
ISBN
  • 9781250052582
  • 1250052580
LCCN
2014042130
OCLC
2014042130
Author
Stone, Jared.
Title
Year of the cow : how 420 pounds of beef built a better life for one American family / Jared Stone.
Publisher
New York : Flatiron Books, 2015.
Edition
First Edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
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