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    Good Food

    Prairie Tales and the Beef Revolution

    Journalist-rancher Bill Kurtis raises grass-fed cattle and is the founder of Tallgrass Beef Company . He talks about the American prairie, the beef revolution and the return to the traditional ways of the trail drive in his book, The Prairie Table Cookbook .

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Journalist-rancher Bill Kurtis raises grass-fed cattle and is the founder of Tallgrass Beef Company. He talks about the American prairie, the beef revolution and the return to the traditional ways of the trail drive in his book, The Prairie Table Cookbook.

    Blue Cheese-Topped Steak

    Serves 4

    Recipe courtesy of Bill Kurtis' Tallgrass Beef Company.

    Music break: I Need my Minutes by RJD2

    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Toast Tips; Kitchen Evolution; Vanilla Beans; Prairie Beef
    1. 0:00The Market Report
    2. 7:52Korean Barbecue
    3. 14:16Prairie Tales and the Beef RevolutionYou’re reading this
    4. 21:38Kitchen Evolution
    5. 29:44Cooking with Bob Carlson: Lesson Three
    6. 37:01The Art of Toasting
    7. 43:15Vanilla Beans
    8. 50:23Drunkorexia
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Toast Tips; Kitchen Evolution; Vanilla Beans; Prairie Beef
    1. 0:00The Market Report
    2. 7:52Korean Barbecue
    3. 14:16Prairie Tales and the Beef RevolutionYou’re reading this
    4. 21:38Kitchen Evolution
    5. 29:44Cooking with Bob Carlson: Lesson Three
    6. 37:01The Art of Toasting
    7. 43:15Vanilla Beans
    8. 50:23Drunkorexia
    Back to Good Food