Universal Meat Chopper

Better living through sausage-ry.

100 Pounds of Leftovers

A meat-and-potatoes guy tries to save money by buying an entire side of beef.

How Can Someone Be Allergic to Meat?

Meat allergies— which are rare— start in the blood.

Our Favorite Butchers

We go for the real meat, the sustainably farmed, humanely raised and slaughtered, heritage, no-hormone, quality product, and for guys behind the counter knowledgeable enough to tell us where the meat came from and how to cook it.

Pimp Your Burger

Mix-ins, not toppings, turn ground beef into the best burgers.

Vietnamese Building Blocks

Stepping "Into the Vietnamese Kitchen."

Hot for Korean Barbecue

Ungringo your grill.

Make Your Own Jerky

Homemade jerky takes little more than patience.

Low-Rent Umami

This week’s mission: a pseudo-healthy version of ground-beef stretcher, and a chemically enhanced mass-market cookie.

Filet of Petri Dish

The same technologies scientists use to grow human tissue in a lab may one day be used to grow animal tissue to feed the world.

What's an Angus Burger Anyhow?

This week’s mission: stylistic departures from fast-food chains.

Can You Get Mad Cow Disease from Eating Bone Marrow?

That should be the least of your worries.

St. Patrick's Day Menu

On a day when drinking takes center stage, fortify with hearty dishes.

Slimy New KFC Menu Item

This week’s mission: KFC’s healthy-eatin' fiasco, and Arby’s upscale burger alternative.

Smoke Rules

A Texas barbecue primer.