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How to Bake with Animal Fats

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Wade Truong Mar 24, 2023
Cooking with animal fat seems to be all the rage right now, which is funny because humans have been using animal fats for far longer than they’ve been using vegetable oils. Up until relatively recently in human history, a lot of dishes would have been made using fat rendered from animals. The rise...
Wade Truong Mar 24, 2023
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Jordan Tony Jan 17, 2023
Around 500 years ago corn (or maize) was introduced to Europe through the Columbian Exchange with Mesoamerica. It quickly took hold as a staple crop in places like Italy and Spain which were subsequently inundated with an epidemic of the vitamin-B deficiency Pellagra. Over the next 200 years...
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Anna Borgman Jan 10, 2023
Think about the last time you ate a burger. Maybe it was ground beef you bought at the farmer’s market. Maybe it was an elk burger from that shoulder season cow hunt or venison from a deer you shot with your dad. Perhaps you have that animal’s skull mounted on your wall or a picture of it on your...
Anna Borgman Jan 10, 2023
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Everything You Need to Know About Salt Curing Meat

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Anna Borgman Dec 29, 2022
Salt is the only rock that humans regularly consume in its raw form. Despite its ubiquitous use today, salt was once used as currency due to its rarity and difficulty in manufacturing. In fact, the word “salary” comes from the Latin word salarium which was a payment of salt given to Roman soldiers...
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Anna Borgman Dec 16, 2022
There’s a common misconception that eating the liver from an animal is, to quote Dick Gregory, like eating the filter out of a car. If the liver is the body’s primary filtration system, it must contain all the toxins it pulls from the blood, right? Not so. All the toxic compounds that the liver...
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Jenna Rozelle Nov 28, 2022
I’ll be honest—I really don’t like artificial fragrances. I must’ve burnt out in high school on body sprays and boys with cologne, because these days I have no tolerance for synthetic smells, especially in a world ripe with so many intoxicating natural ones. I do like the ritual of anointing one’s...
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How to Serve a Wild Turkey for Thanksgiving

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Wade Truong Nov 21, 2022
There is always debate over the best sides for Thanksgiving dinner, but there is no doubt that turkey is the centerpiece of the holiday dinner. If you’re planning on serving a wild bird instead of a butterball this year, there are a few things to consider. Whole Bird versus Breaking it Down Nothing...
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How to Buy the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

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Kevin Gillespie Nov 17, 2022
Preparing the perfect Thanksgiving turkey can be an incredibly intimidating task. In a perfect world, we’d all have access to a freshly harvested wild turkey. But for many folks, that simply is not an option. This means that most of us will once again be left to figure out exactly how to transform a...
Kevin Gillespie Nov 17, 2022
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The Science of Aging Meat

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The Science of Aging Meat

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Anna Borgman Nov 10, 2022
There is a phenomenon that frequently occurs in the world of gastronomy in which food that was once considered lowly, crude, or simple is transformed into the prized fare of the rich and well-heeled. What was once referred to as "peasant" food often finds itself, many centuries later, on the tasting...
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Anna Borgman Oct 11, 2022
In our understanding of evolution, we like to believe that humans are the end-all, be-all of a system that has slowly inched toward perfection for millions of years. We are the pinnacle of intelligence, independence, dominance, and control over ourselves and nature. From shapeless amoeba in a...
Anna Borgman Oct 11, 2022
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How to Grow, Harvest, and Dry Your Own Herbal Tea

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Kitty Galloway Aug 29, 2022
There is little that’s more satisfying than relaxing on a cold winter morning with a cup of steaming herbal tea you grew and processed yourself. While the undertaking might at first seem intimidating or complicated, there are in fact many herbs that work quite well in tea and are simple to grow in...
Kitty Galloway Aug 29, 2022
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