Hmmmm...that’s a good question. They may have been a true “heritage” breed, or laying hens? Ours are incredibly tender, juicy, and flavorful. If they hadn’t been so difficult to look at, I would get the...

farmed hens in battery cages. if the shells look unclean, you can give them a rinse, but i buy eggs like this all the time and don’t bother, and have never had a problem.

These are all uncommon breeds. Murray McMurray hatchery handles all of these breeds and more. The link is to their turkey breed list page. Note that weights quoted in breed descriptions are live weights. Dressed weight will be a...

I read it and laughed all the way through. His experience breeding the rabbits and dealing with the murderous hen was both terrifying and funny. Good for him for trying to achieve something like a farm, for heaven sakes, in the...

Some breeds of chickens lay green eggs. I have a friend with an Araucana hen. No mistaking which chicken those eggs come from.

sometimes brings one of her hens along for company —- and i always like her eggs. she has honey as well, in several varieties. see you at the market sometime, perhaps!

game birds and seems to have slightly better prices. Bryan’s in Laurel Village (California at Laurel, San Francisco) often has guinnea hens and rabbits, so I bet if you called them they might be able to get other unusual...

. The appetizers – I had the scallops and my husband the tuna tar tar — were excellent and the entrees — guinea hen with two preparations and lamb with three preparations — were truly amazing. The...

I’m wondering if there’s a Korean place anywhere in the Bay Area (preferably in SF, but willing to travel for this specialty) that serves the famed samegetang. This is a soup in which a small chicken (or cornish hen)...

Any help would be great. I feel especially worried about hitting anything schlocky. Also worried about most of my food options, other than places like Hen of the Woods. I know there’s a lot below, but I figure that may help...

I’ve been watching a lot of cooking shows recently. Where can I find eggs with a really golden yolk, almost orange? Like the eggs Nigella Lawson and Jaime Oliver use? Are they a special breed only available in the UK?...

The visual of “tiny turkeys” running around the farm, ...provided no food science of the mad scientist variety was required. Rock cornish hens will do (for now). I make them often.

in raising rare breeds, such as the Ancient White Park Cattle. Our guides were fairly earnest, as you might suspect, but also down to earth. As far as the food goes, here’s what we had, along with the wine pairings. Most of the...

We were just thrilled to find that one of our farmer’s market vendors was raising heritage-breed turkeys this year. We put in an order for a Narragansett hen! It cost about $50, but I will treat that bird with such respect....

I had a lovely evening at Le Perigord last night. The food was fine, not great – but the old-fashioned French service was lovely. This is a dying breed. It’s a quiet room, you could definitely speak among 6 people...