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MY WHOLE HOG

I grew up gardening and cooking - in the city. Over the past few years I've come to realize that my family's way of life was vastly different than most: raising rabbits for meat, putting up the harvest, baking bread every week. I think these are lost arts. This blog is an attempt to document this way and to help others to achieve it in a modern world.

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  • Jan 9, 2017
  • 3 min

Braised Beef Shanks in Tarragon & Wine

Yesterday, I went to my favorite butcher shop, Ream's Meat Market in Elburn, IL, on my way to the stable. This super busy market has award winning sausages, award winning meat snack sticks, and a full butcher shop. This is the kind of place you can talk "meat" with the people behind the counter. It's also the kind of place you can blow your grocery budget in an afternoon, if you aren't careful. So unless I'm ordering something special, I'll gravitate to what is on sale. Y

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