Good Food
Bring back the butcher shop
When you think of the quintessential meat market, what comes to mind? A mom-and-pop corner store of butchers wielding sharp knives and cleavers, with ham hocks and sausage links hanging from the ceiling? Most consumers buy their meat and seafood from supermarkets these days.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readWhen you think of the quintessential meat market, what comes to mind? A mom-and-pop corner store of butchers wielding sharp knives and cleavers, with ham hocks and sausage links hanging from the ceiling? Most consumers buy their meat and seafood from supermarkets these days. But a small vocal group of chefs and restaurateurs, including Curtis Stone (Gwen), Michael Cimarusti (Cape Seafood & Provisions), Christian Pappanicholas (The Cannibal) and Anya Fernald (Belcampo), are championing the butcher shop of old. Hear the full discussions we had with them about the matter on the Good Food blog.
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