Presents hundreds of recipes for meat dishes, including steaks, kebabs, roasts, stews, and chops, using ham, sausage, bison, goat, pork, beef, veal, and lamb.

“Grass-fed.” “Organic.” “Natural.” “Pastured.” “Raised Without Antibiotics.” “Heirloom Breed.” Meat has never been better, but the vast array of labels at today’s meat counter can overwhelm even the savviest shopper. Which are worth the price? Which are meaningless? Bruce Aidells, America’s foremost meat expert and the founder of Aidells Sausage Company, makes sense of the confusion and helps you choose the best steaks, chops, roasts, and ribs and match them to the right preparation method. The definitive book for our time, The Great Meat Cookbook includes • hundreds of extraordinary recipes, from such “Great Meat Dishes of the World” as Whole Beef Fillet Stuffed with Prosciutto and Parmigiano-Reggiano to economical dishes that use small amounts of meat, like Thai Pork Salad, to American classics like Steak House Grilled Rib Eye • handy recipe tags like “Fit for Company,” “In a Hurry,” and “Great Leftovers” that help you match each dish to the occasion • at-a-glance guides to all the major cuts, with a full-color photo of each • recipes for handcrafted sausages, pâtés, confits, and hams • recipes for newly popular meats like bison, goat, heirloom pork, and grass-fed beef, veal, and lamb • recipes for underappreciated parts that make delicious dishes without breaking the bank With straight talk and an affable voice, Aidells provides every single bit of information you need to get comfortable in the kitchen, from which thermometers are the most reliable, to instructions for thawing frozen meat from the farmers’ market, to tips that will make you a grill and barbecue pro.

The most comprehensive book available on sausage making and meat curing.

The Meat Book is the ultimate cookbook for the carnivore in all of us; packed full of delicious meat-based recipes for people who love unfussy, easy food that's fresh, seasonal and tastes great. In his follow-up book to The BBQ Companion, Ben presents 150 brand-new international recipes for his favorite meat dishes from around the world. Chapters are broken down according to type of meat, from beef, pork, poultry and lamb to chapters on cold cuts and stocks, sauces and brines. Try the Osso Bucco with gremolata, the Cuban style cheeseburger, mascarpone and proscuitto stuffed spatchcock or red braised Japanese pork hock, or perhaps one of his more unique creations such as the fruit stuffed meatballs or maple brined drumsticks. Barbecue lovers are once again well looked after, but there's more here for people who like to experiment with other cooking methods. Perfect for a couple, a family and a crowd, The Meat Book will take you on a flavorful journey around the world, one hearty meal at a time.

2021 IACP Award Winner in the General Category Increase your meat counter confidence with this must-have companion for cooking beef, pork, lamb, and veal with more than 300 kitchen-tested recipes. Part cookbook, part handbook organized by animal and its primal cuts, Meat Illustrated is the go-to source on meat, providing essential information and techniques to empower you to explore options at the supermarket or butcher shop (affordable cuts like beef shanks instead of short ribs, lesser-known cuts like country-style ribs, leg of lamb instead of beef tenderloin for your holiday centerpiece), and recipes that make those cuts (72 in total) shine. Meat is a treat; we teach you the best methods for center-of-the-plate meats like satisfying Butter-Basted Rib Steaks (spooning on hot butter cooks the steaks from both sides so they come to temperature as they acquire a deep crust), meltingly tender Chinese Barbecued Roast Pork Shoulder (cook for 6 hours so the collagen melts to lubricate the meat), and the quintessential Crumb-Crusted Rack of Lamb. Also bring meat beyond centerpiece status with complete meals: Shake up surf and turf with Fried Brown Rice with Pork and Shrimp. Braise lamb shoulder chops in a Libyan-style chickpea and orzo soup called Sharba. Illustrated primal cut info at the start of each section covers shopping, storage, and prep pointers and techniques with clearly written essays, step-by-step photos, break-out tutorials, and hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations that take the mystery out of meat prep (tie roasts without wilderness training; sharply cut crosshatches in the fat), so you'll execute dishes as reliably as the steakhouse. Learn tricks like soaking ground meat in baking soda before cooking to tenderize, or pre-roasting rather than searing fatty cuts before braising to avoid stovetop splatters. Even have fun with DIY curing projects.

Meat: The Ultimate Cookbook is the definitive guide to preparing meat. What is better than that first bite of a succulent steak prepared to perfection as a rush of dopamine overcomes your senses? Meat has been part of every culture since we learned to hunt. Competitions have ensued to determine who has the best meat recipe around. Many parties find attendees hanging out around grills waiting for the perfect main course to be ready. This is the only cookbook the omnivore in your life will need, and inside you will find: Over 300 mouthwatering, internationally inspired easy-to-follow meat recipes Chapters designed specifically for beef, pork, lamb, goat, wild game (like venison), and poultry Gorgeous original photography that brings the recipes to life Interviews with notable farmers and chefs Butchering techniques A guide to brines, rubs, and sauces Sides, salads, and accompaniments that take your meat to the next level No matter if you are using the oven, grill, Dutch oven, or a skillet, chef and restaurateur Keith Sarasin details how best to respect the hard work and energy required to bring meat from the fields to the table.

“Carnivores rejoice! For those of us who put meat on the table many days of the week, this book will quickly become our best friend.”—Sara Moulton, host of the PBS show Sara’s Weeknight Meals In the last decade since the publication of Bruce Aidells’s hugely successful The Complete Meat Cookbook, called “authoritative” and “all-encompassing” by the Washington Post, the world of meat cookery has changed radically. With the rise of small farmers and the Internet, a more diverse supply is available—not only of beef, pork, lamb, and veal, but also of bison, venison, and goat. Today’s shopper confronts a host of bewildering, often misleading labels: “certified organic,” “humanely raised,” “vegetarian diet,” and many more. Whether the cook shops at the local farmers’ market or the supermarket, The Great Meat Cookbook is the definitive guide to the new landscape. In sidebars illustrated with color photographs of each cut, Aidells shows how to pick the best steaks, chop, roasts, and ribs. With hundreds of recipes, including “Great Meat Dishes of the World” like Beef Fillet stuffed with Parmesan and Proscuitto; budget-friendly dishes like Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pork Shoulder; speedy dinners like Mushroom-Stuffed T Bone Lamb Chops; and charcuterie and sausage selections, Aidells provides all the information needed for juicy results every time. “A great reference for today’s meat lovers.”—Library Journal “Cooks everywhere will find this magnum opus practical and inspiring . . . an indispensable reference work for any cookery collection.”—Booklist “Loaded with recipes for tasty but less-understood cuts, and Aidells covers the globe in search of recipes that will bring delight and good eating for many years’ worth of meals.”—Rick Bayless, chef/owner of Frontera Grill, Topolobampo and XOCO, Chicago