Archive for the 'Beef' Category
The Prodigal Carnivore Returns to the Crescent City (Part II)
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008As my New Orleans “hometown boy makes good” odyssey continued, and I looked at the (rather intimidating) menu for the week, 0ne of the first items I wanted to cross off my list was, naturally, a roast beef po-boy. Now, if you’ve been reading this blog, you may have remembered a long-ago post about the [...]
The Prodigal Carnivore Returns to the Crescent City (Part I)
Monday, April 21st, 2008I’ve recently returned to my hometown, New Orleans, which has always held a special, spicy place in my heart, as it should any food lover. Since the home I grew up in drowned in Katrina — thank you bastards Army Corps of Engineers! — forcing my folks to flee to Shreveport, I’ve had little opportunity [...]
I have an eponymous Feast!
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008In order to celebrate the release of my meaty tome, the wonderful people at D’Artagnan are offering an amazing, limited-time offer on a package of their outstanding products. Yes, now you can purchase “The Shameless Carnivore Feast,” featuring: free range buffalo medallions; wild boar bacon; four venison chops; two veal chops Milanese; smoked duck magret; [...]
Birthday Pig
Friday, March 7th, 2008So it was my birthday not long ago, and what does a person with my, er…proclivities…do to celebrate? Barbecue, of course! I invited all my buddies and pals out to Williamsburg’s Fette Sau for some truly splendid bourbon, beer in mason jars, and, naturally, a truck-load of fine, house-smoked meat. There are a few things [...]
The Westland/Hallmark Beef Recall: A Carnivore’s Thoughts
Thursday, March 6th, 2008For several days the week of February 19th, the images were seemingly unavoidable: sick cattle on the slaughterhouse floor so weak they could hardly stand – and in some cases collapsed on the ground, bellowing uselessly for help as workers prodded them with forklifts in a last ditch effort to ensure that the animals might [...]
I Can Has Shackburger?
Friday, September 7th, 2007For an avid carnivore, there are myriad joys to be found in the wild world of animal flesh. It’s easy, if you’re an adventurous meat-thusiast, to go on at length about the fancy stuff: seared foie gras; roasted bone marrow; ostrich carpaccio; porterhouse steaks that have been carefully dry-aged for months; and so on. But [...]
The Return of the Return of the Shameless Carnivore
Monday, August 13th, 2007Nope, that’s not a typo — this is my second return from a notable absence at the helm of this site. I’m just glad it didn’t happen to steer itself into the rocks while I was gone (whew!). And why the months-long delay? What could have kept me from posting strange and interesting tales of [...]
‘Tis The Season (Shot): TSC’s Official Holiday Gift Guide
Thursday, December 21st, 2006Happy Holidays, friends! The festive lights have gone up in Chez Carnivore, and the game is thawing for the holiday feast (a big post with lots of juicy photos to follow). It just wouldn’t be an adequate holiday without roasting up some succulent winter animals, don’t you think? I can barely wait for the meaty [...]
Carnivorous Hero of the Week: Dagwood Bumstead
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006While I’m usually more inclined to count people in the nonfiction, ie. “real,” world in my pantheon of carnivorous heroes, every now and again I’m forced to make exceptions. Now, I realize that the funny papers aren’t exactly high art — though some pop-culture/media studies nerds might disagree — but they have, over the past [...]
Attention: Our troops abroad need you…to send them meat!
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Okay, I know I tend to be the kind of writer who likes to explore the silly side of things every now and again — what can I say? Being whimsical is a kick in the pants — but this is serious business: Apparently, our soldiers abroad in Iraq and Afghanistan really miss some of [...]
