num_pages: 304
description: The definitive book on steak has never been written-until nowOf all the meats only one merits its own structure. There is no such place as a lamb house or a pork house but even a small town can have a steak house. So begins Mark Schatzker's ultimate carnivorous quest. Fed up with one too many mediocre steaks the intrepid journalist set out to track down define and eat the perfect specimen. His journey takes him to all the legendary sites of steak excellence-Texas France Scotland Italy Japan Argentina and Idaho's Pahsimeroi Valley-where he discovers the lunatic lengths steak lovers will go to consume the perfect cut. After contemplating the merits of Black Angus Kobe Chianina and the prehistoric aurochs-a breed revived by the Nazis after four hundred years of extinction-Schatzker adopts his own heifer fattens her on fruit acorns and Persian walnuts and then grapples with ambivalence when this near-pet appears on his plate.Reminiscent of both Bill Bryson's and Bill Buford's writing Steak is a warm humorous and wide-ranging read that introduces a wonderful new travel and food writer to the common table.
language: English
title: Steak: One Man's Search for the World's Tastiest Piece of Beef
publisher: Viking