From the category archives:

Grass-Fed

Open Space Meats (Grass-Fed) – Outdoor Adventure Beef

March 29, 2010
Thumbnail image for Open Space Meats (Grass-Fed) – Outdoor Adventure Beef

Carrie Oliver Rating: Outdoor Adventure Beef™ This grass-fed steak reminds me of trekking through the woods right by the ocean (a favorite activity) as it’s rich, deep, & lively. While the flavors differ slightly by harvest date, as is wont to happen with grass-fed & finished meats (flavor will vary a bit as the grasses [...]

Read the full article →

US Wellness Meats Rating – Gateway Beef

March 26, 2010
Thumbnail image for US Wellness Meats Rating – Gateway Beef

Carrie Oliver Rating: Gateway Beef™ This is a grass-fed steak I might serve to someone to debunk the myth that lean beef is “tough” or grass-fed beef is “gamy.” The steak was neither; it was simple, approachable, and familiar. I owe the inspiration for this style of beef to April Pogue, a Seattle-based Sommelier who [...]

Read the full article →

Mettenburg Farm Rating – Outdoor Adventure Beef

March 23, 2010
Thumbnail image for Mettenburg Farm Rating – Outdoor Adventure Beef

Carrie Oliver Rating: Outdoor Adventure Beef™ For those looking for an adventurous, fun, memorable ride. These grass-fed steaks and burgers take you through fresh ocean breezes and lemony pastures. Savory, lively, layered, but harmonious flavors combined with some chew, it would be especially pleasing to those who like some zip in their beef but aren’t [...]

Read the full article →

KK Bar Ranch Rating – Thinking Man’s Beef

March 23, 2010
Thumbnail image for KK Bar Ranch Rating – Thinking Man’s Beef

Carrie Oliver Rating: Thinking Man’s Beef™ For serious meat aficionados, this grass-fed steak is for those to love to explore the full range of flavors in beef. It evolves starting with a dense, meaty texture and moving on to distinct flavor notes with time, making you ponder just how interesting beef can be. Tasting Notes: [...]

Read the full article →

Why I Call It Grass-Only, Not Grass-Fed Beef

April 24, 2009

As part of this week’s Fight Back Friday carnival, I want to share one of my most popular posts, All Beef Is Grass-Fed. I hope you’ll read and enjoy it. As an addendum, I continue to be amazed by how confusing it is for a mere mortal to see beyond label claims, especially when it [...]

Read the full article →

And On The Lighter Side of Beef

February 19, 2009

This is an example of great journalism, a lightly tongue-in-cheek article in the Seattle PI about the real definition of grass-fed beef. Favorite line, “Officers scraped off the natural byproduct of cows and endured the associated odors to unbolt false panels which concealed… ” Go ahead, it’s harmless and giggle-worthy and we need to help [...]

Read the full article →

What’s Your Beef?

February 18, 2009

Fabulous article by Leslie Cole of The Oregonian on how to sort through confusing marketing and label claims with beef. Inspired by the same press release that had triggered this previous post, All Beef is Grass-Fed, she offers 5 Lessons for folks looking to buy grass-fed beef. I have a few extra thoughts but wanted [...]

Read the full article →

All Beef Is Grass-Fed

January 5, 2009

Thanks to Caron Golden, a San Diego based food writer and radio host (@carondg on Twitter), on December 29, I was alerted to a news story covering a taste test in a Portland, Oregon-area elementary school comparing burgers from grass-fed vs. grain-fed cattle. I found the story disheartening, so much that I’ve spent the last [...]

Read the full article →

Lessons From Argentina, Walking Away from GrassFed is Bad

November 22, 2008

Allan Nation, the man when it comes to pastured finished livestock, blogs about Argentine farms in a perfect storm situation. I encourage you to go to this page and choose “Click Here for Allan’s Blog” and read the short note entitled “Argentine Farming In Melt-down.” If you don’t have time (it’s a really short, easy [...]

Read the full article →

Grass-Fed Beef & Droughts Don’t Mix

November 9, 2008

A lot of people have asked me why grass-fed (what I like to call grass-only) beef is more expensive, given that the ranchers / graziers don’t have to give the cattle growth hormones or preventative antibiotics to improve their, er, ability to get big fast. Well, that’s one of the points, grass-only beef takes longer [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →