Whole Beast Butchery

Artisan cooks who are familiar with their farmer’s market are now buying small farm-raised meat in butcher-sized portions. Dubbed a rock star butcher by the New York Times, San Francisco chef and self-taught meat expert Ryan Farr demystifies the butchery process with 500 step-by-step photographs, master recipes for key cuts, and a primer on tools, techniques, and meat handling. This visual manual is the first to teach by showing exactly what butchers know; whether cooks want to learn how to turn primal into familiar and special cuts or to simply identify everything in the case at the market.

Ryan Farr