Butcher Lindsey Loken stopped by KARE 11 Saturday to explain how to handle and prepare different cuts, and sample their flavors and textures.

Over the past few years, whole-animal butcher Etana Diaz has noticed a positive trend among customers when it comes to their beef purchases: Once tough-sell alternative cuts have become cool ...

the basic eight or so pieces a butcher breaks a half-cow into before cutting steaks or roasts. And even the primal cuts are debatable, to some extent—those meat charts can differ and artisanal ...

We can break down a clod (shoulder) of beef and yield several cuts to order as you wait.” Prices are typically higher at butcher shops and stores that do in-house cutting. Skilled labor costs money.

Customers shop for meat products at Fred the Butcher ... beef,” Tripp said. “It takes twice as long to do. Some of our customers are so complex, it takes three times as long to cut up a ...