Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter by Steven Rinella

When Michael Pollan first issued his seven-word eating mantra—“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”—it must have sounded strange to those reared in a world of only iceberg and romaine lettuce. Indeed, I must confess it took moving to California for me to discover the varying tastes and textures of collard greens, kale and mustard greens. But turn to the world of meat, and you still find limited choices for wedding-reception menus: beef, chicken or fish. The only real variation in meat depends on cut. Or does it? Enter the kitchen of Brooklyn-based hunter Steven Rinella, and one can suddenly...  read more