The Secret to Making Beef Tartare at Home

There are few dishes as popular at restaurants as beef tartare. And yet despite being among the easiest to execute, most people stay away from it at home. Raw beef in a restaurant setting seems fine, but there is some kind of mental block to making it yourself. But is it really just as easy for home cooks?

Luckily we had the perfect person to answer this conundrum - Chris Starkus, the chef at Denver’s steakhouse Urban Farmer also operates Lost Creek Micro Farm , so he knows about sourcing from a multitude of perspectives. We got his breakdown of what to look for when purchasing meat for serving raw, the best cuts to buy and the perfect recipe to make it all come together. You might not get to be on a cattle ranch in Denver, but you can come pretty close.

Blog, Chefs, Cooking, Food, Interview, Recipe, Restaurants, VideoAli RosenNovember 12, 2019beef, steak, tartare, Denver, Colorado, recipe, appetizer, meatComment

Checking In On Your Meat Safety

If one good thing came out of the shutdown perhaps it is a growing realization that all of our food is actually inspected. While people seem to know this in the abstract it became much clearer once everyone started to read about how much rigor goes into our food supply. There are a lot of mechanisms in place to try and keep us all safe across an almost unfathomably large food chain.

Dr Oz, BlogAli RosenJanuary 31, 2019meat, Dr OzComment

What Is Dry Aging?

There are some phrases that are supposed to just connote quality when you see them. When something says it is dry aged we assume it is better- but do we actually understand the process?

Blog, VideoAli RosenFebruary 8, 2018meat, What Is?, dry aging, aged, steak Comments

Understanding Regional Barbecue

There aren't a lot of topics that inspire quite as much debate as barbecue. According to Matt Moore, the author of the awesomely titled 'The South's Best Butts', whatever BBQ you grew up with is what you remain loyal to. But even for those of us who love a good low-and-slow cooked piece of meat, it can often seem overwhelming to distinguish all the different types. So we got Moore to break it down for us.