Organic Meat & Butchery

After a long day exploring the Southern California landscape we were beat. We needed a unassuming, satisfying meal. We wound up tucking into a simple, classic dinner: steak & salad. I'm lucky enough to live near an amazing little butcher -- the kind of local place where they know your name & just what you order. They have a small organic farm where they raise the majority of the beef sold in store. Growing up in Texas with a cattle farming Grandpa, the simplicity of a good cut of meat still makes me feel at home.

But, if you aren't lucky enough to have such a butcher, the now infamous Niman Ranch has just launched an on-line vendor. Raised under strict scrutiny (i.e. vegetarian fed, environmentally sustainable ranching, anti-biotic & hormone free, animals remain within their "social group"), this natural meat is known around the world & listed by name in some of the country's greatest restaurants (Alice Water's Chez Panisse, Lucques in LA, Vespaio in Austin, Oliveto in Oakland to name a few). Visit their store here to purchase dry-aged beef, pork, lamb, sausages, and the like.

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