“We’re bringing butchers back” is the title of this story, excerpted from meatisneat.wordpress.com, a blog about meat and food production, aka Chris Raines’ blog on Meat Science and Muscle Foods:
"OLD SCHOOL Adam Tiberio at work in Massachusetts. Photo by Jodi Hilton for the NY Times.
“In a recent New York Times feature (8 July 2009), young butchers were highlighted as the new “rock stars” on the food scene, many of whom have culinary backgrounds and learned how to cut meat because of coveted butcher apprenticeships. One butcher “fan” quoted in the newspaper story asserts that “obviously everyone is in the middle of a total meat obsession.” This is certainly good news for the beef and swine industries that have suffered their own downturns over the last few months! Continue reading
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