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November
8
2011
MEAT HOOK CLASSES IN NOVEMBER
Sara and Matt are both teaching classes this month in the Labs! You can bookend your Thanksgiving holiday with a heaping plate of meat-based knowledge. Did you know that different meats braise differently? Yeah, me neither, but I guess it makes sense. Matt Greene knows all about it. On Nov. 16th he’s going to show you how to properly braise 3 different proteins. Sign up here, kid! … Read more
October
27
2011
Midnight Mass at Meat Hook!
On October 30th, The Meat Hook is teaming up with Lee Tiernan from St. John’s Bread & Wine for a one-night-only dinner. Remember being a kid? Halloween was always one of the best nights of the year. The costumes, going out, the candy, the bingeing. Well, we want to recreate that for you as an adult. We want to bring that same feeling to this dinner. If … Read more
October
12
2011
Thanksgiving Turkey Pre-orders Available Now!
Hey, everyone! We’re really excited to announce that we have our turkeys ready for pre-order starting immediately and YOU CAN ORDER THEM RIGHT HERE! Our turkeys are broad-breasted whites that have been raised specifically for us in upstate New York. They’re fully pasture-raised without hormones or antibiotics. We’ve been keeping in touch with our main man upstate and we’re making sure we have plenty of these pretty … Read more
September
27
2011
Farm Trip USA
We’re jackasses, yes. Self-depricating, heavy metal loving jerks with questionable morals. But we also fiercely believe in our food systems and the transparency of our butcher shop. So we might be jerks, but we’re not full of shit. So here you go. We shut down the shop to take our employees and interns to go learn a thing or two on a field trip to our major … Read more
September
9
2011
Hurricane Irene Farm Relief.
Remember when we all got hot and bothered over a hurricane that seemed to barely happen? Like a girl losing her virginity to a 2″ penis? Well, while it was mostly easy sailing in NYC, many farmers were left devastated by the hurricane. So speaketh the Greenmarket website: “Counties in New York, New Jersey, and Vermont have been declared ‘major disasters’ by the federal government. The Black … Read more
July
15
2011
Maine Event III: The Weirdest Four Days of Summer
Trying to explain the Maine Event is like trying to describe your first kiss or jumping out of a plane or, maybe more appropriately, your first acid trip. It’s just too complicated. Read more
May
4
2011
And We’re Off!
The most nextest thing we’re doing is our version of Down and Out in London and Paris: A ten day, couch surfin’, line cook drinkin’, crazy food eatin’ tour taking us perilously close to the dark, Fernet Branca coloured heart of the St. John’s nose-to-tail empire with St. John Hotel Sous Lee Tiernan. We’ll then through the Chunnel to pick a fight with our former foreign exchange … Read more
April
15
2011
Spring Greens. Finally.
I think it’s over. The winter. For real this time. There were a few great days recently and I actually overheard someone requesting air conditioning already. More importantly there are now more options for great east coast produce. For the past few weeks we’ve caught glimmers of green edibles arriving from our numerous produce suppliers. Ramps have come in, and sold out, and come back in again. … Read more
February
16
2011
Our own Matt Greene shares this recipe from his recent Stews Class!
Sausage and Shrimp Gumbo (serves 6) Ingredients 1 ½ # Smoked Sausage (Andouille) 1 ½ # peeled Shrimp 4 cups pork/seafood stock 2 cups fresh, sliced okra (optional) 2 cups diced onion 1 cup diced red peppers 1/2 cup diced celery 3 cloves fresh sliced garlic 1/4 cup tomato paste 1 bay leaf 1/4 # butter 1/4 # flour 1 Tbl. cayenne powder 1 Tbl. celery seed … Read more
January
4
2011