Apartment Therapy Tagged: meat

Meat CSA's in the San Francisco Bay Area

We love CSA's because we believe in supporting our local farmers and we love getting fresh produce delivered to us direct from the farmer. Now, those of us in most Bay Area locations can have local m...

Meatpaper: Or, Eating Is Sometimes Complicated

While I’m not a strict vegetarian/vegan, I’m still a little surprised to find myself intrigued by a provocative magazine based in San Francisco called Meatpaper, “a print magazine of art and ide...

Finding Cheap Food in San Francisco

Lately, consumers have been concerned about rising food prices, and with good reason. However, it's not hopeless; good bargains are to be found! We've been paying attention to what things are costin...

Northern California Store Review: Oxbow Public Market in Napa

While in Napa last weekend, we visited the new Oxbow Public Market in downtown Napa. Oxbow is a large food hall where everything on sale is food-related in some way; from spices to tea, to wine and k...

Learn How To Butcher in Brooklyn

Our friends at The Brooklyn Kitchen just posted a new series of classes including Lamb and Pig Butchering. Next month Grocery Guy Tom Mylan will show how to cut up a half a pig and a whole lamb. He'...

Searing Meat Before Cooking: Worth the Extra Effort?

At a recent dinner party, we were asked whether it was really necessary to sear meat before cooking it, especially if it was just getting slow-cooked in a braise or a stew. Our friend logically poin...

Food Science: Resting Meat

When we're cooking large pieces of meat like roasts or turkey, we've always been told to let the meat rest before cutting into it. This has seemed like an odd step to us, especially since it's been in...

How To: Sanitize Instant-Read Thermometers

Most of the time, it's fine to simply wash our thermometers with soapy water and call it a day. But when we've been using them to take the temperature of meat, we want them clean. And we mean really c...

Quick Tip: How To Tell When Your Steak is Done

Folks can get pretty particular about how they like their steaks. Some of us like it well-done while others say the more red and rare the better! When we're cooking steaks at home, it can be hard to g...

In Season: Spring Lamb

At the Ferry Building Farmer's Market on Saturday, we saw a lot of fresh, organic spring lamb being sold by local farmers. ...

Food Safety 101: Safe Temperatures for Poultry and Meat

With the USDA ground beef recall fresh on our minds, we are brushing up on our own food handling practices. Do you know how long you can leave that potato salad out or how long to cook meat for it to ...

Food Safety 101: How to Defrost Frozen Meat

With the USDA ground beef recall fresh on our minds, we are brushing up on our own food handling practices. Do you know how long you can leave that potato salad on your buffet before it needs to go ...