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Meet Shanna Pacifico, the chef de cuisine & butcher at Back Forty restaurant in New York City. She helped devise a sustainable meat program that brings in whole animals to make up their menu, where everything gets used and nothing goes to waste.

Hang out inside the basement kitchen while Shanna breaks down their steer for steaks and burger meat and hear what she has to say about her love of butchering and the benefits of using the whole animal.

To try different cuts of meats or their famous burger, visit:
backfortynyc.com

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Jason Scott 19 days ago

That is one well put-together film!
SkeeterNYC 19 days ago

Thanks! It was fun to film... I wish I could have showed more on the porchetta class, but it would have run too long. It was really cool to see her take apart the pig... But, yeah, watching them break down that steer for burger meat makes you think a lot about a whole animal. There is truly more meat than just steaks like she said. And it's an important point I think. Hope you watch some of my other food videos, the one on The Lone Acre is hilarious :)
Julia Osovskaya 18 days ago

GREAT video! Thanks so much for it, I really enjoyed watching it. I really like Shanna’s “way” with meat and how she’s so genuinely into the process. Ah, it just fascinates me, I feel like I can watch it over and over... It must be her personality too, she seems so cool. Bet the stakes she makes are really good, I’d love to try for sure, even though I’m not that crazy about meat. Thanks again, for the awesome video!
SkeeterNYC 18 days ago

Thanks!! It makes so much sense for restaurants to adopt a meat program like theirs. I learned a lot filming with her and really can't wait to try their burger. It seriously had a huge underground following in NYC I hear! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment :)
Julia Osovskaya 17 days ago

I'll now have to mark this place and try visiting once I make my way to NY! I'm way too into food, so I'll be checking out your other videos for sure soon... I guess you can expect some more comments :)
Deborah Szajngarten 18 days ago

Great video! It is great to see how the restaurant is supporting local sustainable agriculture! She teased me with snippets of breaking down the meat. I think I would have liked to watch more of her break down that whole section, to see how it goes from a giant hunk of meat into all the individual cuts that she uses. But perhaps that is a much longer "How To" piece.

I'll totally check out Back Forty now!
SkeeterNYC 18 days ago

Thanks Deborah! The sustainable angle is really what interested me in filming Shanna. It's great that they want to spread the word on what they're doing and encourage others to think of meat differently. It sure made me think twice!! Thanks for watching. Hope you check out my other sustainable videos. So many great folks doing cool things with food.
Deborah Szajngarten 18 days ago

I totally will! Thanks :D