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Since opening in 2009, Citi Field has seen its share of mediocre baseball. Its home team, the New York Mets, failed to seriously contend for a playoff spot during the first six years of the ballpark before making an improbable run to the World Series last season. In contrast, the quality of the food and…

Ladies and gentlemen, the New York Mets are in first place. Let it sink in for a minute, because you certainly haven’t heard that one in awhile. Sure, it’s exactly one game into the season, which leaves precisely 161 to be played. But there’s definitely a palpable buzz surrounding the team as it takes the…

Have you ever wanted to take a cooking class taught by a big name chef? Better yet, what if this class were free of charge? Turns out that this dream can quickly become a reality with just a computer. Newly available on Skillshare — an online learning community where the world’s best experts teach real…

We're very excited about renowned New York butcher Pat LaFrieda's new cookbook, the aptly named MEAT: Everything You Need To Know. In addition to a hearty lineup of LaFrieda's signature recipes, you'll learn the butchery skills you need to know through stunning photos and detailed diagrams. Take a classic veal Milanese and make it even…

We're very excited about renowned New York butcher Pat LaFrieda's new cookbook, the aptly named MEAT: Everything You Need To Know. In addition to a hearty lineup of LaFrieda's signature recipes, you'll learn the butchery skills you need to know through stunning photos and detailed diagrams. Just because meatloaf's an old classic doesn't mean you…

He's the man who supplies the best beef to top restaurants around the NYC region, and now, Pat LaFrieda is bringing his phone into the meat locker. Why? Because all weekend long, in honor of Food Republic's Fourth Annual Grilling Month, he's commandeering our Instagram account. Make sure to follow him at @patlafrieda and look…

Mets fans have had little to cheer about since Citi Field’s opening in 2009. Year after year, the team has struggled to remain competitive past the first couple months of the season, and a downtrodden fan base has become increasingly impatient. At the very least, however, fans have been able to take solace in a…

It's a beautiful morning in Manhattan, and Michael Lomonaco is sitting at one of the best tables in his restaurant Porter House, looking out on a sun-splashed Columbus Circle and Central Park. As ever, the chef and restaurateur is ebullient, easygoing. He's having a chat about what he loves doing most: serving people great food.…

New York City celebrity butcher Pat LaFrieda has taken his talents to Citi Field. Last night the meat master debuted a filet mignon steak sandwich stand at a game between the New York Mets and Miami Marlins. The sandwich features hand-cut 100% black angus seared filet mignon, Monterey jack cheese, sweet caramelized onions, and is…

“Basically, it’s a huge Caja China box,” says Pat LaFrieda as we sit next to his giant D.I.Y. grilling apparatus that contains 867 pounds of prime Black Angus. The box is slow-cooking this unholy quantity of meat as part of an edible demonstration at the Great Googa Mooga Festival. It would be served a solid…

We'll have more from this weekend's blowout in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, the Great GoogaMooga, later today. But I wanted to give a quick take on what this food and music festival accomplished. First, why this photo of Pat LaFrieda sitting in a fork lift with 867 pounds of Black Angus beef suspended in the air?…

[embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/QgtygPkOgbw] When New York City meat seller Pat LaFrieda and Zero Point Zero Production—better known as the team behind Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations—joined forces to create an iPad app, nobody was fucking around. “It was two 16-hour days of sawing, and that was just the beef,” says LaFrieda by phone on his rare day off.…

Singapore stands tall above all fantastic street food cultures, although its fine dining fuels a serious gastrotourism scene. I'd love to check it out — the fish head curry, the stinky sataw beans in stinkier shrimp paste, and countless other unabashed violations of what your average American considers to be food. I personally will not…