Meat & Poultry

The brewers at Samuel Adams announced that they are teaming up with celebrated meat expert Jake Dickson to develop the Samuel Adams Boston Lager Cut. This new cut of meat, launching in June, promises to be the ultimate beef and craft beer flavor combination. …

Microbiologists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, working with the Department of Agriculture, have identified a potential target in cattle that could be exploited to help prevent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses caused by a nasty strain of Escherichia coli. …

On May 15, two top chefs battled it out at the American Lamb Meatball Cook-off at the 16th annual Taste of Tribeca in New York City. Chef Marc Forgione of Marc Forgione restaurant and Amanda Freitag of The Harrison came together in a fight to the finish to create and serve the ultimate American lamb meatball in less than 30 minutes. …

Margaritaville Foods recently launched the newest addition to the portfolio of island-inspired food and beverage products, Margaritaville all-natural, breaded chicken breast chunks, at the 2010 Food Marketing Institute Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. …

A controversial agreement between the state of Montana and Ted Turner, involving the transfer of nearly 100 buffalo from Yellowstone National Park to the media mogul’s Montana ranch for an experimental breeding program, was a featured story in the New York Times recently. Turner, the founder of CNN, also has a national chain of restaurants that serve buffalo. …