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作       者:Rimas, Andrew

出  版  社:HarperCollins e-books

出版时间:2009-10-01

字       数:343.3万

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The cow. The most industrious animal in the world. A beast central to human existence since time began, it has played a vital role in our history not only as a source of food, but also as a means of labor, an economic resource, an inspiration for art, and even as a religious icon. Prehistoric people painted it on cave walls; explorers, merchants, and landowners traded it as currency; many cultures worshipped it as a god. So how did it come to occupy the sorry state it does today more factory product than animal?In Beef, Andrew Rimas and Evan D. G. Fraser answer that question, telling the story of cattle in its entirety. From the powerful auroch, a now extinct beast once revered as a mystical totem, to the dairy cows of seventeenth-century Holland to the frozen meat patties and growth hormones of today, the authors deliver an engaging panoramic view of the cow's long and colorful history.Peppered with lively anecdotes, recipes, and culinary tidbits, Beef tells a story that spans the globe, from ancient Mediterranean bullfighting rings to the rugged grazing grounds of eighteenth-century England, from the quiet farms of Japan's Kobe beef cows to crowded American stockyards to remote villages in East Africa, home of the Masai, a society to which cattle mean everything. Leaving no stone unturned in its exploration of the cow's legacy, the narrative serves not only as a compelling story but as a call to arms, offering practical solutions for confronting the current condition of the wasteful beef and dairy industries. Beef is a captivating history of an animal whose relationship with humanity has shaped the world as we know it, and readers will never look at steak the same way again.
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Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

How to Eat Beef

Culinary Interlude: Rib Eye Steak

Big Trouble in the Beef Business

Section 1

Chapter 1

The Thread in the Labyrinth: Picasso’s Minotaur and the Spirit of Cattle

What Is a Cow?

Culinary Interlude: Nine Primal Cuts

Domestication: How the Cows Came Home

Meat, Milk, Muscle, and Dung

Pity and Fear: Ernest Hemingway’s Bullfights

The Coconut Theory of Animal Husbandry

The Reddest Meat of All

Culinary Interlude: Bull’s Tail Stew

Delamere’s Cattle

Chapter 2

Bull Gods on Hadrian’s Wall

Culinary Interlude: A Mithraic Dinner with Meatballs

First Rites

Early Myths and Legends: The Cattle of the Sun and the Bull of Heaven

Culinary Interlude: Homeric Roast Beef

Early Myths and Legends Explained (Part I): Metamorphoses

Early Myths and Legends Explained (Part II): A Man of His Times

The Bible’s One, True Bull God

Culinary Interlude: A Fatted Calf

The Cattle of the Sun, Revisited

A Lucky Killing

Chapter 3

King Servius Tullius Strikes Gold

Cow Heroes: Rustling for Fun and Profit

Culinary Interlude: Prophecy Broth

Monks and the Rise of Cheese

Culinary Interlude: Cheddar

Culinary Interlude: A Catalog of Noble Cheeses

A Medieval Banquet

Culinary Interlude: Beef y-Stywyd, or the Ribs of Henry IV

Cow Villains: The Reivers

Ole Lemurt’s Hero

Section 2

Chapter 4

A Perfect Teat: Dutch Milkers

Culinary Interlude: Jersey Cream and Fresh Berries

“All Is Useless That Is Not Flesh…”: Bigger, Better Beeves

Culinary Interlude: Lumber Pye

Toro Bravo’s Brave New World: The Conquest of New Spain

The Woman of Narok

Chapter 5

War, Pandemics, and Famine

Culinary Interlude: Steak Tartare

Chemical Solutions: Making Food Last Longer

Culinary Interlude: Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding

Cowboys and Barbed Wire

Culinary Interlude: Barbecue and Beef Jerky

Bubbly Creek and the Union Stock Yards

Cuchulainn Defeated?

Carnivore

Chapter 6

Death of a Small-Town Butcher

Two Dodos: The Beef and Milk Industries Today

Culinary Interlude: The American Hamburger

A Dry Future

The Criollo Solution

Ethical Eating

Meden Agan: Japanese Wagyu Beef

Culinary Interlude: Wagyu Sashimi

Titus Salt, the Great Paternalist

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

Searchable Terms

About the Authors

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

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