BRATTLEBORO — Local cookbook author Deborah Krasner will talk about and autograph copies of her newest book, Good Meat, The Complete Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Kitchen Sync, next to Vermont Artisan Designs on Main Street.
In Good Meat, Krasner, a James Beard cookbook award winner from Westminster, shows concerned consumers how to find, order, and prepare sustainably raised meat, thus making the vital connections among responsible agriculture, delicious food, good health, the environment, and every American dinner table.
Krasner's Good Meat provides detailed guidance to enable people to become truly responsible meat eaters. Instead of supporting industrial farming that advances global warming, drives family farmers off the land, abuses animals, pollutes watersheds and produces high-cholesterol meat, consumers can choose a healthful, sustainable alternative.
Sustainable agriculture allows animals to eat a natural diet, without the need for antibiotics and growth hormones. Instead, these animals live in balance with the land and produce naturally lean meat the provides plentiful antioxidants, which can actually lower cholesterol. Because such meats are naturally so lean, they must be cooked differently from conventionally-raised grain-fed meats. Krasner provides consumers with more than 200 delicious recipes for cooking this leaner meat, and she facilitates direct purchasing from local farmers.
Owner Susan Worden, whose grandparents, Georges and Suzanne Lainé, owned Le Chanticleer restaurant in Brattleboro in the 1950s, said they certainly would have enjoyed the return to locally produced meats and Krasner's presentation that promotes community supported agriculture.