I just moved to the Raleigh-Durham area. Can anyone suggest a good place to purchase smoked meats that includes chicken and other non-pork products. Also, I am looking for a place that I can find Bresaola down here. Thanks.

I’m about half-way through The Omnivore’s Dilemma right now and the whole concept of “humanely raised” meat (beef and chicken in particular) really resonates with me. I’d like to start adding more...

that cooks over the years have learned to do with meat, I appreciate the wide range of things that cooks have done with tofu or gluten. None of these creations or innovations are, of course, true in any sense to our evolutionary...

restaurant, store or street vendor where I could obtain a good version of these items in the Bay Area (preferably in the Oakland/Berkeley vicinity)? At the event, the vendor that was selling the pies and the Scotch eggs was "...

So, you know in a pork loin roast there’s two parts: 1/ the big lump that is "white meat" with no fat and 2/ "dark meat" that is the smaller lump and the little nub attached to the white meat. The dark meat usually has a...

. I simmered the chicken for around 40 minutes, and tasted the broth. Disappointingly bland. I then took the chicken out, removed most of the meat , set it aside, and put the bones back into the broth. After another 30 minutes,...

I suspect that it was because I chose a giant turkey. It was some kind of free-range, heritage model but I have had turkey thet turned out that way before and that was definitely a run-of-the-mill factory turkey. Does the breast...

One hound may never be able to go back to supermarket pork after sampling this.

I’m stuck in Sunnyvale for a couple weeks on a gig, but my corporate apartment has a passable kitchen. I’m trying to take the opportunity to cook with local stuff. So my question is: What are my best options for buying...

Madcap Tuscan chef Cesare Casella is setting out to breed an über-pig from several heirloom hog varieties. Delicious? Sure. But the shortage of heirloom pigs makes this a pretty crappy idea.

I know one of the vendors of Cross Timbers Co-op is a Slow Food Dallas member, Sloans Creek Heritage Meats in Dodd City. Thanks for that link CN.....I am always curious about co-ops especially in Denton county!

The heritage food movement brings back America’s largest native fruit.

tastes have led producers to breed and raise leaner animals for market. There are some producers who do make "heritage" breeds available which are still bred and raised by the old methods. Not like the "other white meat." One...

I make a meat sauce- you know- saute veggies, brown meat, throw in canned plum tomatoes and crush, some tomato paste, seasonings, maybe wine maybe stock, etc. It’s not bowling me over though. Please share your favorite...

sustainable, pasture-raised meat (also eggs and dairy) and places where such products are sold (farmer’s markets, specialty store, order direct from farmer, etc). Please send any information you have my way – thanks!