"Because prime meat is dear, it must be treated with respect both before and during grilling." This week's grilling tips come from a family that is regarded as the premiere butchers in the country—The Lobels. Nathan Lobel started it all in Austria during the 1840's when he began to raise beef cattle. Later he opened a slaughterhouse and his grandson Morris joined the family business that would later become a meat empire. Morris took the technique and work ethic his grandfather taught him and in 1911 he emigrated to the United States. Eventually Morris settled in New York where he opened a butcher shop in the Bronx, which he later moved to their current Madison Avenue location. Extremely high quality...
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As a bonus to this week's Cook the Book that featured the Lobels' Prime Time Grilling, we've got a gift certificate to give away this weekend only, courtesy of Lobel's. Not just any gift-certificate, either. A gift certificate for a huge, prime, dry-aged, bone-in ribyeye, our favorite cut of beef. This baby will feed two serious carnivores or four normal people. I have had one of these bad boys, and to eat one is a primal beef-eating experience. The gift card covers one (32-to-36-ounce) cowboy steak from Lobel's of New York. Don't live in New York? No biggie, pardner. Lobel's does mail-order; shipping is included here. To enter to win, answer the following questions in the comments: What's your favorite...
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You know, I realize that Memorial Day and Labor Day are great bookends for summer here in the U.S., but as a rather literal-minded person, I've always had a problem with that. They both occur well before the official start and end of the season. But what really gets me is that they're both used to mark the opening and closing of "grilling season," what with numerous newspaper and magazine articles trumpeting the arrival of grilling season and then a whole other flurry urging you to light your grill while you still can. Anyone who's a serious griller, however, knows that the whole year is grilling season. And that's why we've chosen Lobel's Prime Time Grilling for our Cook the...
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