Download or read book Year of the Cow written by Jared Stone and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After realizing he knew more about TVs than about the meat on his plate ... Jared Stone purchased an entire grass-fed steer and resolved to make the best use of it that he possibly could. [This book] follows the trials and tribulations of a home cook as he and his family try to form a more meaningful relationship with their food and the environment. From meeting the rancher who raised his cow to learning how to successfully pack a freezer with cow parts, Stone gets to know his steer and examines how previous generations ate, delving into the ways our ancestors prepared meals and the ethnography of cattle"--