Tag Archive 'sustainable practices'

Meet The Butcher

As we spread the word about the amazing foods that we will offer at The Meat Market, I am reminded that many people don’t have a direct experience in their past of shopping at a butcher shop, or of the assistance that a butcher can offer them in terms of meal planning, cooking instruction, and [...]

Slow Money and The Meat Market

There is a movement afoot that looks at investing in small local businesses as form of activism. Slow Money is an organization, founded by former venture capitalist Woody Tasch, whose mission is to build and test the concept of something he calls “nurture capital” — a healthier and more sustainable alternative to venture capital for [...]

A Taste For Thanksgiving

Tonight Jeremy and Emily will be on hand  for the screening of American Meat (a documentary film in production which explores the complexities and issues embedded in the highly debated practices of the American meat industry.) We will feature a sample of the sort of products that will be sold at The Meat Market. Jeremy’s hand [...]

Snout To Tail

The reasons for utilizing the whole animal are easy to grasp: Less waste, additional flavors, cost efficiency.

Philosophy: the animal comes with all their parts, so out of respect for the creature, we should find use for as much of it as we can, which historically is exactly what happened. Currently, only about 30-40% of the [...]

Sausage Making

I have been making sausages for years, starting at La Bruschetta in West Stockbridge in the 1990s. At that time customers were looking for novelties, which led to a recipe for seafood sausage with spinach and carrots in it: I served this in a course at the James Beard House in 1997. During the years [...]

Laughter is brightest where food is best. – A proverb

We agree. We believe, seriously, in promoting the enjoyment of great food. In sharing it, spreading information about it, making it accessible and fun. We believe in locally grown food and the people that produce it. Food that is seasonal and, wherever possible, organically grown. We seek to celebrate our love of food by making [...]