Pro Chef Tries Butchering a Whole Pig for the First Time

Get your hacksaws ready (but not actually -- leave it to the pros), because we challenged Molly Baz to master whole animal butchery. In this episode, she was under the tutelage of her dear friend Lena Diaz, a butcher at the Greene Grape, who showed her the ins and outs (literally) of a pig, from...

Beginner - 23 min - Food & Drink - Bon Appétit

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What you'll need

• Chef's knife: The one knife that does almost everything.
• Large cutting board: Room to work.
• Cast iron skillet: Sears, bakes, lasts forever.
• Instant-read thermometer: Cook meat perfectly.
• Knife sharpener: A sharp knife is a safe knife.

Books

1. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat - View on Amazon
2. The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt - View on Amazon
3. How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman - View on Amazon
4. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain - View on Amazon
5. Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer - View on Amazon
6. On Cooking by Sarah R. Labensky - View on Amazon

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