Tag Archives: local food

From the Wild

Jesse Griffiths contains multitudes. Author of Afield: A Chef’s Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish. Finalist for a James Beard Award. Founder of the Dai Due Supper Club. Amazing cook. Hunter. Cool beard. Locavore. And you know … Continue reading

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The Local Pig: Charcuterie

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Trophy Eating: thoughts about Venison

Chris Eberhart (Bowhunting Whitetails the Eberhart Way and Bowhunting Wild Food) has a excellent post on Wired to Hunt about celebrating the Whitetail deer and appreciating the venison. This is a subject that I have been thinking about quite a … Continue reading

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Mechanically Tenderized and Injected Beef

The Kansas City Star, in a yearlong investigation, found that the beef industry is increasingly relying on a mechanical process to tenderize meat, exposing Americans to higher risk of E. coli poisoning. The industry then resists labeling such products, leaving … Continue reading

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Venison Stock & Free Shipping

We’re busy cooking down venison stock and grinding up meat for Italian sausages, but we wanted to let everyone know that we have free shipping on all Go Carnivore swag this Friday, Nov 23rd (Black Friday) Enter the code: 2012SuperFree Visit … Continue reading

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Shanks are not contraband!

Venison shanks. Many hunters consider them too tough and full of connective tissue to be edible so they either grind them down to burger or sausage or sometimes even discard them completely. I won’t deny that shanks are not a … Continue reading

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