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Steak

Rockin TP Ranch – Outdoor Adventure Beef

May 30, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Outdoor Adventure Beef™ These deep-timbered, meaty steaks and burgers from Northeastern Oregon reminded me of being on a brisk trek through a cool forest. They say the dog fits the owner. This unique beef certainly reflects Pat Mallon’s woodsy, energetic, gregarious personality. Tasting Notes: Both the steak and burger had a some [...]

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Eaglehawk Farms Rating: Easy Going Beef

April 29, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Easy Going Beef™ We included this pastured grain-fed beef from the New England Tablelands Region of New South Wales, Australia, as a special surprise at private tastings in San Francisco and Napa. It has a slightly sweet, approachable and warm Personality. At a dinner party this beef would be like a good [...]

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Scott River Ranch Rating – Outdoor Adventure Beef

April 8, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Outdoor Adventure Beef™ This certified organic, grass-fed beef from Northern California reminds me of taking a short brisk hike through the woods after a rain in the fall. The steak was generally earthy in tone. Tasting Notes: Nice chew Texture, reserved to straightforward Personality with some characteristics of neighboring KK Bar Ranch, [...]

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Kobe Beef America Rating – Seductive Date Beef

March 30, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Seductive Date Beef™ Having this voluptuous grain-fed beef as a dinner partner might leave you a little breathless but you’ll surely remember the experience, especially if you like the mouth-feel of highly marbled beef but not the adventurous flavors of dry-aged beefs. Note: the steaks we tasted ranged from 4 to 7 [...]

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Montana Ranch Rating – Grace Kelly Beef

March 29, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Grace Kelly Beef™ At a MeatCamp tasting in San Francisco in December 2009, this velvety textured steak reminded me of Grace Kelly in the movie, Rear Window. It was elegant, graceful and proper but with a hint of mystery or moxie. I’ve tasted this beef several times, both dry-aged and wet-aged (the [...]

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Split Creek Farm Rating – Grace Kelly Beef

March 28, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Grace Kelly Beef™ This beef was a toss-up between Steakhouse Steak Beef & Grace Kelly Beef. It was sensual & elegant like the actress but also had hints of the nuttiness and chew often found in dry-aged beef at high end steakhouses. This versatile beef can stand by itself but would also [...]

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Colorado’s Best Beef Rating – Seductive Date Beef

March 27, 2010
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Carrie Oliver Rating: Seductive Date Beef™ A sensual experience, this dry-aged Charolais Cross steak reminds me of Penelope Cruz or her male equivalent. It’s a toothsome, complex but harmonious beef that, should this be your style, leaves a sizzling, lasting impression. Tasting Notes: Nice chewy Texture, a medium adventurous Personality with hints of porcini mushrooms, [...]

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Mettenburg Farm Rating – Outdoor Adventure Beef

March 23, 2010
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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 [...]

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KK Bar Ranch Rating – Thinking Man’s Beef

March 23, 2010
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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: [...]

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