13 Meals to Please a Carnivore

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The author, the Culinary Consultant and Food Stylist on Julie and Julia , rewrote the original Julia Child recipe to correspond more closely to the meal cooked in the film. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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Chef and owner of Blue Ginger restaurant in Wellesley, MA offers the recipe for one of his most popular meals. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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This zippy recipe avoids the all-too-frequent pitfall of bland, dry results. It uses appetite-stimulating spices like ginger, orange zest, and cinnamon. View recipe here.


A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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A homemade take on a burger adored by many. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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Accompanied by rice or bulgur pilaf, these baked meatballs are a winter specialty on the Greek island of Kea. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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Kebabs are a favorite way to prepare lamb, and are especially delicious grilled. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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The author likes to unveil these, her special "BSRs," on special occasions only. Braising, she finds, is an ideal way to prepare just about anything. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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The key to good meat is the way you roast it or braise it. It all goes back to the fact that caramelization gives a natural richness. The cane syrup enhances that process ten fold. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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A beef dish inspired by a country that doesn't use much beef: Thailand. The author calls it "tremendously good and very easy." View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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This spice mixture works well as a rub for poultry, beef, or pork as well. It can also be mixed with thick yogurt and used to baste skewered lamb or pork before grilling. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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For this recipe, the author suggests using Black Angus beef, and choice is as low as she goes for grade. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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Food cravings don't usually involve escarole, but filled with decadent lamb? It's the stuff of daydreams for one farmer. View recipe here .



A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.

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A revisionist version of Paula Wolfert's famous recipe—that the author has deemed too labor-intensive for her "lazy bones." View recipe here.


A collection of our best dishes featuring chicken, beef, lamb, or pork.