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Artisan Beef

Morris Grassfed Beef – Seductive Date

November 27, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Seductive Date Beef™ Since reading about friends, Katie and Jeff Hagan, celebrating the annual arrival of their share of Morris Grassfed Beef, I have been (not so) patiently waiting for the opportunity to try it myself. I was finally able to share two spectacular steaks and ground beef with 8 Toronto food [...]

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Sarver Heritage Farm (Grass-Fed) – Outdoor Adventure

November 4, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Outdoor Adventure Beef™ The email began with the simple line, “Please allow me to introduce my farm,” but by the end, I knew this was going to be some special beef. If you have ever had the chance to drive past (or stay at) the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia, you will [...]

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Jones Family Farms (Grass-Fed): Outdoor Adventure

October 29, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Outdoor Adventure Beef™ This bold, broody grass-fed steak from Jones Family Farm conjures up images of its origin, beautiful Lopez Island, one of the San Juan Islands in Washington State. Tipped off about this beef by the team at the venerated HerbFarm restaurant, these notes are from our August 2010 Artisan Steak Tasting [...]

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Silvies Ranch Rating (Grass-Fed) – Gateway Beef

September 15, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Gateway Beef™ In its tasting debut this lovely grass-fed steak, just released by highly regarded wild game purveyor, Nicky USA, provided a striking contrast to the grass-fed steaks from The Gleason Ranch of Washington and to other Oregon beefs we’ve included in previous blind tastings, including Carman Ranch. If you prefer a [...]

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Blackbird Farm (Grain-Fed) – Marriage Material Beef

August 25, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Marriage Material Beef™ I love using Twitter to find new great farms and butchers. Photographer David Dadekian (@Dadekian) not only gets credit for introducing me to Blackbird Farm but he’s also our guest steak and burger taster for the day. Based on his notes, I am itching for a trip to Rhode [...]

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White Oak Pastures (Grass-Fed) – Gateway Beef

July 21, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Gateway Beef™ I first spoke with Will Harris of White Oak Pastures over a year ago so it was my lucky day when my equivalent of a tooth fairy found one of Will’s grass-fed steaks at Whole Foods Market in Atlanta and brought it to me for a tasting. A few days [...]

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Satchel Creek (Grain-Fed) – Easy Going Beef

July 15, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Easy Going Beef™ If you sat next to this dry-aged, grain-fed Black Angus steak at a party, he’d be the host who makes everyone feel welcome and important. This versatile steak will be easy to pair with just about any other dish on the plate. Tasting Notes: Today’s tasting notes come compliments [...]

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Country Natural (Grain-Fed) – Easy Going Beef

July 4, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Easy Going Beef™ On this 4th of July, I wanted to highlight one of America’s pioneering ranch co-ops, Country Natural Beef (originally Oregon Country Natural). I have met several of their talented Washington, Oregon, and Idaho ranchers and their commitment to quality beef, husbandry protocols, and continual improvement is uniform and strong. [...]

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Wilcox Angus Rating – Grass-Fed: Gateway Beef

June 27, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Gateway Beef™ For nearly a year, Artisan Butcher Tracy Smaciarz said I needed to taste Chris Wilcox’s  grass-fed beef. At last, I was lucky to hear the word from Lisa Wilcox that they had some available for me to review. This is a great beef for grass-fed lovers and doubters. Tasting Notes: [...]

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Father’s Day Idea – Artisan Burger Tasting

June 12, 2010
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Jaden Hair, aka the hilarious but seriously talented food maven, Steamy Kitchen, is a lady who loves her steaks. She invited me to host an Artisan Steak Tasting a few years back and she’s now a go-to gal when a new farm or ranch asks us to professionally taste and review their beef. What we haven’t [...]

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