We love farmers market season. At D’Artagnan we work with small farms and ranches to source our products, so we know how hard farmers work, and we like to show our appreciation. When you shop a the local farmers market, you often meet the people that grow your food. Building relationships with your farmers is valuable…
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What’s on the Menu for Fourth of July?
It’s already time to start looking ahead to the Fourth of July! Whether your holiday plans involve the grill or a dinner at home with friends, we have something you need for the perfect holiday celebration. Our juicy Angus steaks are a favorite among grillers. Raised on pasture by a cooperative of ranchers committed to strict…
Happy Father’s Day
Wishing all the fathers a very happy day. We hope you spend it with family, friends and food! We wanted to share this old photo of D’Artagnan founder Ariane with her dad at a farm back in France. Ariane’s father, Chef André Daguin, is famous throughout France for his artistry with foie gras and other Gascon…
Grilling with Dad
The grill is primed and ready for action and dad prides himself on his skills … now it’s up to you to provide the pizzazz that makes this more than just another cookout. Why not roast a suckling pig for Father’s Day? Nothing says “serious party” like a suckling pig cooked outdoors. Whether you spit-roast the pig…
What is a Kamado Cooker?
The word “kamado” means “stove” or “cooking range” in Japanese, and refers to a traditional wood or charcoal fired oven. During WWII American servicemen discovered them in the form of the “mushikamado,” a portable, clay Japanese cooker, and brought them home as alternatives to the metal grills they knew. The clay mushikamado with its domed…
Give Dad the Gift of Meat
When it comes to Father’s Day gifts, there are silly tokens that make dad smile, and then there’s meat. You know which one side we land on. We are equal opportunity meat lovers—gender aside—at D’Artagnan. But somehow it seems right and proper to offer dad a hefty piece of Kobe-style Wagyu beef striploin, especially if you…
Father’s Day Gifts for the Food Obsessed Dad
We like food gifts because they offer the experience of cooking and sharing, in addition to the delight of receiving a present. And when it comes to Father’s Day gifts, a shared experience is often the gift he wants most. Steaks and chops of all kinds (which are 15% off right now) and racks and whole…
The Negroni: Food Pairings
It’s Negroni Week, a fundraising event since 2013, and the internet is going wild for this Italian specialty. A simple drink with 3 ingredients, no shaking needed, the Negroni is a love-it-or-hate-it kind of cocktail. This funny article by Fiona Beckett sums up the attitudes toward this drink quite nicely. Drinking Negronis puts you in an…
Father’s Day: The Breakfast Edition
Whether you’re celebrating your father, husband, step-father or another meaningful dad in your life, what could be better that sharing the experience of cooking and eating together? We know that food-loving dads come in all stripes, even though it seems like they get pigeonholed as grill masters or caveman steak eaters (and we love both!)….
Foie Gras, Oh, You Sweet Thing
Foie gras is usually seen at the dinner hour, and served as a savory dish. But there’s a sweet side to foie gras that you may be missing. D’Artagnan client Faun, a restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, has surprised the food literati with foie gras French toast, served at brunch with walnuts and maple syrup. Gothamist reports on…
National Egg Day: Make it Egg-cellent
When it comes to eggs, at D’Artagnan we like them different. We’ve been known to saw open an ostrich egg for a huge omelette, or devil dozens of tiny quail eggs. And there’s something wonderful about rich duck eggs, with their big yolks and robust flavor. But for everyday fare, the chicken egg still rules…
The Great American Grocery Store
Our friend and author Michael Ruhlman is one of the best cookbook and food writers today (his book Charcuterie is a favorite), but he’s not only that; his curiosity takes him where it will, and as a result, he’s written both novels and non-fiction, with topics ranging from cooking to boats, his house, and pediatric heart…
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