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MEAT EATERS, REJOICE: Increase your meat counter confidence with this award-winning meat cookbook that shows you how to cook 72 cuts of meat in 300+ kitchen-tested recipes!

With chapters organized by animal and its primal cuts, Meat Illustrated is the meat eater’s go-to meat cookbook and handbook! Discover essential information and techniques that will empower you to make steakhouse-worthy meals and explore everything your butcher shop has to offer. Inside you’ll find:
 
• 300+ recipes covering 72 cuts of meat—including beef, pork, lamb, and veal
• Cut-specific guidance on buying, prepping, storing, cooking, and more
• Step-by-step photos, break-out tutorials, and hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations
• Need-to-know techniques, from smoking and grilling to braising and curing
 
Learn the best methods for center-of-the-plate meats like Butter-Basted Rib Steaks (spooning hot butter cooks the steaks from both sides so they come to temperature as they acquire a deep crust), and meltingly tender Chinese Barbecued Roast Pork Shoulder (cook for 6 hours so the collagen melts to lubricate the meat). And get ideas on how to complete your meals with delicious sides like Fried Brown Rice with Pork and Shrimp or Libyan-style chickpea and orzo soup!
 
So, don’t just go to the butcher—become the butcher. Full of comprehensive, hands-on guidance, this ultimate meat cookbook takes the mystery out of buying and cooking meat like a pro.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cook's Illustrated; Illustrated edition (October 27, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1948703327
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1948703321
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.8 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.13 x 1.13 x 10.69 inches
Reviewer: GeneT
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good information, great recipes
Review: I consider myself a good cook, and I love meat. I've always wanted a better understanding of which cuts come from where, and how they might best be used. I wasn't really looking for a cook book so much as an instructional text.First, this *is* an explanation of all the major cuts, what their characteristics are, and how you might prepare them. I got what I was hoping to get, and it's a sensibly organized reference for when I inevitably forget some detail. It's also a cookbook, which is to say that it's filled with recipes. And the recipes are great. As I read the book I picked five recipes that sounded interesting and made it a point to try them. Every one of them was a hit! I'd have been happy if three out of five were really good. Getting five out of five great recipes is pretty extraordinary. Needless to say, I'll be exploring more of the recipes from this book.

Reviewer: .J
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Recipes and Cooking Tips
Review: This recipe book covers a large variety of meats and has great cooking tips. Very nicely presented and bound. Recipes are easy to follow and come out perfect every time.

Reviewer: karen hennessy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very good meat cookbook with many recipes and color photos.
Review: I liked the fact that this cookbook was comprehensive with many good tips and recipes.

Reviewer: MissMalibu
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Everyone needs this book!
Review: Bought for myself, but would’ve been a perfect gift as a newlywed. Simple yet deeply informative and packed with steps in phots almost every page. Meat is too expensive so why buy this book? Well book tells you the range of expensive to least expensive cuts as well as taste and texture for Beef, pork, lamb, and veal including over 350 recipes perfectly made for getting the best out of each cut. Includes diagrams of cuts in separate sections for easy use. Great index.

Reviewer: K. E. McKnight
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very Good Book
Review: I bought this book because I decided to not be a vegetarian anymore and needed help with cooking meat. This book shows where the different cuts of meat come from and has very good information on cooking for the best flavor, as well as graphs that show their opinion of flavor vs cost of the meat. The recipes are inventive with added sauces.

Reviewer: Jake
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: excellent resource for all cuts of meat
Review: goes in depth to every cut of beef and pork. fantastic!

Reviewer: MJ15
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: More than just an excellent cookbook
Review: I've been a fan of Cook's Illustrated since 2004. Their recipes are tested and reliable. I own at least 20 of their cookbooks and have subscribed to their magazine for the last 15 years. I trust their recipes. I am a homecook "foodie" with a cookbook collection of over 300 cookbooks which I actually cook from. Needless to say, I feel I have a good grasp of good recipes and good cookbooks. Meat Illustrated does not disappoint. It is part education, part cookbook. If you're a carnivore that loves to cook meat, this book is for you. Finally a book that shows a) where the cuts are located on the animal, b) how the meat is cut, c) the flavor profile of the cut, d) the best way(s) to cook that particular cut. Really a great resource all around for the cook that is interested in learning more about the different cuts of meat plus some EXCELLENT recipes. The book layout is beautiful: More than one recipe per page, some black and white drawings (Cook's Illustrated signature style) mixed in with color photographs. Pages are of high quality and lay flat when open. I am not disappointed at all!11/15 Update: I don't usually need to do so, but I read through the book cover to cover. This book is fantastic and I wish CI/ATK would follow this format going forward. Short paragraph descriptions of the recipe methodology (no long full page explanations like in the magazines that are a bit excessive) and a full range of cooking styles (from high heat grilling to sous vide) and cuisines (Mediterranean, Middle East, and Asian for example) that make this recipe suitable for a broad range of cooks. I've tried 3 recipes so far: Filipino Adobo, Carnitas, and Kalbi. For the purists, these may not be 100% authentic, but they were fantastic, straightforward, with easily accessible ingredients nonetheless. And in case you're wondering, I found very few repeats in this book from previous CI/ATK publications. It goes without saying: This is one of the best cookbook purchases I've made in the last 10 years.

Reviewer: 7kidsmom
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Bought as a gift
Review: They said it was beautiful & they loved it.

Reviewer: MCF
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is one of the most detailed, beautifully illustrated cook books I've ever seen. The way they describe how to break down each section of the animal, what tools work best for what, what each section of the animal is and the recipes look mouth watering. I especially love the homemade dressings, seasoning and pickling recipes they provide.

Reviewer: Richard Briggs
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book contains a wealth of information. It is well illustrated, clearly written and informative. I love preparing meats either in the kitchen or on the BBQ so a book like this is of real interest to me; and looks as though it will help me develop my own skills further. It's a handsome volume and I recommend it to anyone who wants to up their "meat preparation game".

Reviewer: Malibu Stacey
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Honestly this book is well priced for the amount of information in it. Love that it’s hard covered too.

Reviewer: Ed Johannesson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: My wife loves this Birthday present and reads it all the time. Plus I win with all the new ways to cook meat.

Reviewer: M. Leduc
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Tres beau livre et bien expliqué