Tips for butchering a pig for home use

Making Meat: A Step-by-Step Guide to Butchering Your Own Deer

Honor the animal—and get better meals​—​by butchering your deer yourself

Eating your Values: Five Questions to Ask your Butcher

We are often nervous about asking questions in shops, but the more questions we ask, the more butchers will realise that these issues are important

Butcher talk: How to order at the meat counter

Walk into your butcher shop with confidence! We’re talking cuts, freshness and how much you should pay for meat.

The Vegetarians Who Turned Into Butchers

How several former vegans and vegetarians across the country came to see meat as their calling.

How to Butcher a Pork Loin at Home

Buying a full pork loin gives you the freedom to create the cuts you want. This step-by-step guide shows you how to break it down into center cuts and blade cuts.

The Surprisingly Easy Way to Roast a Whole Pig

How to Create Your Own Home Butcher Shop

Everything you need to create the ultimate home butcher shop and process your big-game animals like a pro

5 Secret Steaks Only Your Butcher Knows About

We reached out to Electric City Butcher and picked their brains on cuts of beef that the general public doesn't typically know about.

Our butcher explains: 4 ways to know your beef is grass-fed

If you’re wondering if the steak on your plate at your friend’s wedding is grass-fed, we're giving you four simple ways to tell.

How the sausage gets made: This butcher wants people to eat less meat

Her veggie-packed, technicolor sausages are bursting with creativity in every bite.

The Cut of Chicken Your Butcher Doesn't Even Know About

Somebody really ought to tell your butcher about the best way to prep poultry for schnitzel, saltimbocca, and the perfect chicken sandwich.

Butcher class at Florence HS teaching students how to cut and sell meat

Not only are they learning about the different cuts of beef, pork and lamb, they are also learning how to run a business.

How the Meat Hook Butcher Shop Makes Its Addictive, Grass-Fed Burgers

We took a trip to The Meat Hook, a Brooklyn butcher shop, where they showed us just how beef becomes a burger.

Why Is Pig Meat Called ‘Pork,' and Cow Meat Called 'Beef'?

When you stop and think about it, it’s actually quite strange that pig meat is called “pork,” cow meat is called “beef,” sheep meat is called “mutton,” and deer meat is called “venison.”