Foods a Petaluma-located egg provider named Uncle Eddie’s Wild Hen Farm. These were better than any other egg I had been able to get on a regular basis. I did some taste comparisons, and Uncle Eddie’s won. Still more...

I’m interested in knowing what is fed to the beef cattle? Also, which breeds of beef cattle are bred and fed, and how many head are annually raised to market weight? What weight do the cattle reach before they are ready to...

There are often regional preferences that have historical roots. Brown eggs in New England when local hens were heavy breeds while light breeds, which usually lay white eggs, were grown in warmer climates and so had been shipped...

“thrown in” if i purchase enough meat, so i get to try lots of breeds/types of eggs and talk to the farmers about their poultry. eggs taste better in the summer when the hens can eat bugs and other forage. i like the...

of a tiramisu of exemplery breeding. Simple, delicious cooking. A notch up from Il Capriccio. An exceedingly comfortable and pleasant meal of somewhat moderate cost when quality is taken into account (~$50ish person not including...

can say is that it’s typical of the breed. Too bad. But the pitas and falafel are awesome.

The chickens are back on the square, but this time they’re docile little banty hens and no roosters. It’s another story alltogether- we used to have three or four large breed roosters getting macho over territory....

We got an enormous 12" birthday cake at Two Little Red Hens on 8th Avenue for about $85: it could easily have served 32 people. (Definitely trust their assessment on how many people a cake will generously feed!) http

stuffed with chorizo and potatoes known as the pambazo is one of the best in the city.It’s not quite the edgy version done by Nina’s from Breed St., but neither does it shy away from the messy street food sandwich...

Down here in Orange County I have seen / bought them at Whole Foods. Also cornish game 'hens' which are just slightly smaller. But I wonder if you couldn’t order them?

I know exactly what you’re talking about – it’s not a heart and it’s not anything remotely close to a liver. They look like small kidneys to me. I’ve always been unsure what those little things are!...

There are literally dozens of egg ranches spread around the county and as a result it is fairly easy to find local chicken as well. After age 2-3 years a hen starts to produce fewer eggs so they sell it off to a slaughter house.

farm and we read up on raising poultry) time from bird to mouth is the key to taste. Feed and breed have little to do with it.

I’ve seen some glossy, fat rats that thieve from the grain silos and I could easily translate them to a lovely individual presentation a la Cornish game hens!

I too want “real” eggs and have been following this thread with interest. Now, as a city-slicker I know nothing about raising chickens but I was wondering if it’s even possible/realistic to find good eggs (i.e....