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Issue No. 55: What gives meat flavor? Part 2: Feeding Time

February 25, 2016 Val Neff-Rasmussen / by Val Neff-Rasmussen

You are what you eat. Your mom told you that. Turns out it’s true for farm animals, too. When animals live on pasture, they eat a more varied diet of different grasses, herbs, and flowers. The diet has an enormous impact on the flavor of meat it produces. Perhaps the most famous example is Ibérico […]

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Issue No. 54: What gives meat flavor? Part 1: Breed

February 18, 2016 Val Neff-Rasmussen / by Val Neff-Rasmussen

When you buy a bottle of wine, what factors do you consider? I’ll bet one of the things you think about is what grapes it’s made from. We expect that a Cabernet Sauvignon will taste different from a Pinot Noir or a Chardonnay, and depending on your own taste preferences or what you want to […]

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