Nothing beats a savory, deep, and rich beef stew for an incredible meal at home. Sure, it takes a long time to cook, but all ...

Maggie Hennessy is a Chicago-based freelance food and drink journalist who has covered food, dining, and the restaurant industry for almost 15 years.

Good meat will cost you, and rightly so. Quality beef takes time, investment and care, from the 24 to 30 months the cattle will live to the dry-ageing process that occurs with weeks of hanging.

If you sub in pork for half your beef, you can cut the carbon impact of your diet by about 23 percent. If it’s well-raised pork, that number drops, but is still substantial.

Beef meat is lean when 3.5 ounces or 100 grams of beef contains less than 10 grams of fat, less than 4.5 grams of saturated fat, and less than 95 milligrams of cholesterol.

Customers shop for meat products at Fred the Butcher on Oct. 10 on Route 9 in Halfmoon. The shop has seen a drastic increase in people purchasing what the owner deems as “old-fashioned cuts ...

Round cuts endure more exercise from the cow walking and are therefore much leaner than beef belly and brisket. Consequently, ...