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to salmonella poisoning in sushi fillets. In a cost-cutting effort to save scraps of meat that would otherwise be discarded, a white powder called transglutaminase, better known as “meat glue,” is ...

Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 2. Meat glue is not for sniffing.Meatpaper's new issue sings the praises of meat glue, ...

I had always believed that there was meat glue (transglutaminase) was used in the process. Turns out I was wrong... So, with the exception of the preservatives McDonald's has added, I present to you ...

Two of the juiciest, most flavor-packed cuts of meat—brisket and pork belly—each legendary in their own right. But what happens when you fuse them together into one Frankenstein creation? In this wild ...