Guesstimations, poking with your fingers, hoping you aren’t going to be serving either an overcooked hockey puck or beyond rare filet to your guests. All of these are the rituals passed down through generations when it comes to the most challenging part of cooking a steak: knowing when it’s done. […]
Motivated to find a better, cleaner way to feed his family, ButcherBox founder Mike Salguero connected with a local cattle farmer through his church in 2015. The experience that followed, picking a share of the 100 percent grass-fed beef spread across the farmer’s living room, led to two revelations: Grass-fed, grass-finished beef tastes amazing. Especially the […]
Jaclynn Knutson grew up on her family’s farm in Turner County, South Dakota, and, as far back as she remembers, she helped with the farm and hog operations. Currently a senior at South Dakota State University, Jaclynn is a three-time Niman Ranch Next Generation Scholarship Award Winner and will graduate […]
The staple of any good cookout, whether it’s part of a celebration – like the 4th of July, a summer birthday, or just a June Saturday — is the cheeseburger. Cooking a burger is one of the most simple things you can do. Using grass-fed beef is a way to make […]
There’s no easier, more satisfying way to feed a family than a classic pot roast. It’s inexpensive, relatively easy to make, and follows a “set it and forget it” method. Pot roast has long been the main feature of many Sunday family dinners. It’s easy to see why — pot […]
When I was a senior in high school, I had some free time on my hands. At this point in my life, I didn’t love school and had no college plans, so I got a job at a restaurant near my house. It was a tiny restaurant; it had ten […]