After working a variety of jobs (fish cutter, line cook, caviar grader, organic farmer and pastry cook to name a few), Melissa’s found her home with Whole Foods Market where she’s been for 5 years — happily surrounded with other like-minded people who are obsessed with food! Besides changing leaves and all things pumpkin, October [...]
Posts tagged ‘Lamb’
The Delicious Story of Icelandic Lamb
Pozzi Ranch Pasture Raised Lamb
I am constantly impressed by our Whole Foods Market meat suppliers! I just got off the phone with Joe Pozzi from Pozzi Ranch Lamb who has been selling locally raised lamb to our Northern California stores for the last 4 years. More recently, they’ve expanded to our Pacific Northwest stores. As I was talking with [...]
Warming Winter Lamb Dishes
At this time of year on cold, winter evenings, most people are staying inside and those who are brave enough to venture out are wrapped up in winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves. Rather than ponder on whether you can feel your toes or how many days are left ‘til Spring, why not try a [...]
The Tender Story of Icelandic Lamb
Icelandic lamb is a wonderfully flavorful, exceptionally lean meat from animals raised with no antibiotics, ever and no added hormones. Pesticides and herbicides are seldom used in Iceland where the climate naturally protects the land. All in all, Icelandic lambs are amazingly robust and live in an idyllic, geographically isolated country’ whose strict agriculture regulations [...]
Lamb Burger with Mint and Pistachio Salsa Verde
From FOODWOLFF.COM [Now] is the season of burgers. Be it beef, bison, turkey, tuna, lamb, or tofu—I find myself craving a burger and its supremely satisfying proportions on a frequent basis. I love making new variations on the classic theme of burgers. Ground meat doesn’t take a lot of time to prepare or cook and, [...]
Garlic-Roasted Lamb Shanks with South American Jalapeño-Parsley Salsa (Organic Recipe)
From THE WELL-FILLED TORTILLA Garlic-Roasted Lamb Shanks We usually think of stewing a lamb shank, as in osso buco. But you can also treat the shank like a mini leg of lamb. It roasts to perfection and produces the same kind of full-flavored morsels that dark meat lovers insist on. As with any roast, plenty [...]