Would you eat a cow, and then wear its skin? Food just went from farm to table to your closet (we await the inevitable moniker for this group of foodie fashionistas: foodista?). According to the NY Post, Marlow & Sons in Williamsburg is selling leather goods constructed from the tanned hides of the locally sourced cows and pigs that make it to their menu. more ›

One question has been floating around Tom Mylan after he quit his position at Marlow & Daughters: What will he do next? Well, Brooklyn Based has answers! Today, Mylan revealed his newest project: a "food dork megaplex" in Williamsburg. It will be home to two endeavors. The Lab will be "New York's first real cooking school for home cooks", with a full supply of cooking, baking and beer making supplies, as well as an entire room dedicated to spices. The Meat Hook will be a sustainable butcher shop run by him and Brent Young, also formerly of Marlow & Daughters, offering cuts of local meat and ready made sauces and stocks. Mylan says "permits, construction and the gods willing we should open our over-stuffed doors in late October for end of year food mayhem." Considering there's something called a "Wild Turkey wild turkey" on the menu, we believe it. Maybe a Buffalo Trace buffalo steak could be next? more ›

While hustling to turn a 200 lbs. hog into 600 pork tacos at 3rd Ward's Pig Roast and Dance Party Sunday, Brooklyn butcher Tom Mylan cut off the tip of his finger and had to go to the hospital. According to his Facebook page, he's sorry he "bled everywhere. Pig roast 4 Eva." This was later followed by another update: "Stop freaking out. I just cut the tip of my finger off chopping up roasted pig. NBFD." (Knowing Mylan, he probably thinks that acronym stands for No Butcher Fears Death.) more ›

If you're going to eat meat, it's always good to know where it comes from. Not just how it was raised and if it was humanely slaughtered, which are both important, but where on the animal it came from. Many people (shameful carnivores?) are loathe to make this leap and prefer to think that their chops come straight from a pink styrofoam package, but for those who do, now's your chance to learn. more ›