Beard to Table: James Peterson's Meat Loaf

by Anya Hoffman on February 07, 2013

In this new series, we'll be taking a closer look at some of our favorite recipes from JBF Award winners as well as from Beard himself. To start, we turned to a beloved cold-weather staple: meat loaf.

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A well-made meat loaf is a dinnertime workhorse. It's comforting, it's savory, it can be dipped in ketchup: what's not to love? But if you haven't yet seen the meat loaf light (perhaps the memories of the too-dry, or too-moist, or too-chunky ones of your childhood still linger), get ready to be convinced. James Peterson's bar-setting recipe for the classic dish, from his JBF Award–winning cookbook Meat: A Kitchen Education, is the one that's going to make you a believer.

Peterson's meat loaf recipe distinguishes itself in a few key ways:

1) It's intensely... Read more >

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Daily Digest: January 11, 2013

by JBF Editors on January 11, 2013

S. Irene Virbila's favorite hot dogs in Los Angeles. [LAT]

Stop shredding sponges and clean cheese graters with a toothbrush. [HuffPo]

Nearly half of the world's food is wasted. [Yahoo!]

Artist's state-shaped steaks explore the beef industry. [NPR]

Giant butter sculpture to be... Read more >

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Market Haul: June 20

by Anya Hoffman on June 20, 2012

The growing season has begun, which means that CSA members throughout the country are getting shares packed with early crops, like lettuce, radishes, and baby spinach. If you're like many of us, you might feel somewhat ambivalent about the bounty of Boston, romaine, and red-leaf heads making their way into your box this month. On the one hand, it's such a treat to have fresh-from-the-farm salad greens on hand to toss with olive oil and lemon juice at a moment's notice. On the other hand...lettuce is so annoying to wash. The only way to make sure none of it goes to waste? Surrender to the lettuce: make peace with the fact that you'll need to dedicate half an hour each week to your salad spinner. With leaves washed, dried, and bagged in the fridge, salads become the effortless summer meals they were meant to be.

The Haul: Baby spinach, Toscano kale, garlic scapes, red leaf lettuce, cilantro, red beets, Japanese salad turnips, strawberries.

The Menu Ideas:... Read more >

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News Feed: February 2, 2012

by jbfauthor on February 02, 2012

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