Table of Contents
About the Herbivorous Butcher 8
Meet Aubrey 10
Meet Kale 14
Chapter 1 Meat Made without Meat 19
The Rib 21
The Butcher Burger 25
Porterhouse Steak 27
Big Ole Beefy Beef 31
Ground Beef 33
Pork Chops 35
Chicken Cutlets 37
Pepperoni 41
Milano Salami 43
Chamorro Chorizo 45
Deli Bologna 46
The Brat 48
Sham 51
Faux Gras 53
Fish Sticks 55
Chapter 2 Main Meals 59
Mujaddara Pot Roast 61
Five-Spice Rib Tips 65
Cherry-Glazed Rib Rack 66
Lunch Plate Kahlua Pork 69
Sizzlin' Malibu Chicken 71
Nona's Brown Paper Bag Fried Chicken 75
Mr. Cook Katsudon 77
Easy Cheezy Supreme Pizza Bowls 81
Chapter 3 Sides 83
Garlic Egg Fried Rice 85
Red Rice 88
Cheezy Garlicky Truffly Smashed Potatoes 91
Smoked Cheezy Grits 94
Bacon Creamed Corn 97
A Lotta Elote 98
Chamorro Macaroni Salad 101
Gollai Hagun Suni 103
Chapter 4 Soups 105
Make a Dal with the Devil 107
Chinese Ramen with Sweet & Sour Fried Tofu 112
Spicy Tantanmen Ramen 115
Lake Minne-Tom-Ka 118
Wintery White Chicken Chili 121
Coconut Chicken Chilakelis Soup 122
Ope! Minnesota Creamy Turkey Wild Rice Soup 125
"Juicy Lucy" Cheeseburger Chili 127
Nona's Beef Stew 128
Chapter 5 For a Crowd 131
Kale's Very Fine Lasagna 133
Pinky-Up Smashed Potato Hot Dish 137
Ritzy Chicken Casserole 141
The Mighty Chicken Enchilada Casserole 143
Hobbits of the Shire Shepherd's Pie 147
BLT Couscous Crust Quiche 149
Fondue You Wanna Dip 153
Banana Pecan French Toast Bake 155
Chapter 6 Snacks 157
Smoky Reuben Croquettes 159
Nashville Hot Popcorn Chicken 163
Sham & Eggs Musubi 165
Minneapolis-Style Cheezy Artichoke Dip 169
Nona's Chamorro Sweet Bread 170
Panang Bird's Nest 175
Tofu Appetizer 177
Chapter 7 Sandwiches 181
Triple-Dipped Double-Down Fried Chicken Sandwich 183
The Philly 186
Eggs Benedict Burrito 188
The Very Best Mozzarella Stick Sandwich 191
Salt-Roasted Lox 192
Roti Jane 195
Chapter 8 Bases, Butters, Sauces and Dressings 197
Beef Broth Concentrate 199
Chicken Broth Powder 200
Cheese Sauce Base 203
Kale's Pizza Dough 204
Vegan Buttermilk 207
Better Butter 208
Chamorro Barbecue Marinade 213
That Yummi Yummi Sauce Though… 214
Hot Honee Mustard 217
Sambal Mayo 219
Creamy Ranch 221
Warm Bacon Dressing 222
Brunchy Brunch Hollandaise Sauce 225
Kale's Birthday Oil, LLC 227
Butcher-Strength Worcestershire 228
The Butchers' Fave Vegan Vittles 230
Aubry & Kale's Pantry Musts 231
The Butchers' Tools of the Trade 232
Acknowledgments 234
Index 235