DeBragga News

May 10, 2009

Linklater and Schlosser Discuss Fast Food Nation

ONCE upon a time, there were three little pigs — a Duroc hybrid, a Berkshire and an Ibérico — that merrily settled in the great American house of pork.

A formerly overweight food writer tells how he lost 25 pounds through his own healthy eating strategies: by thinking more—not less—about what he was putting in his mouth and figuring out how to eat "wonderfully but not fat-fully

Marc John Sarrazin has been president of DeBragga, New York's Butcher(TM) since 1992. The company's highest quality meats have attracted four-star chefs and earned it the reputation as New York's finest butcher.

I’ve known George Faison for 25 years or more; he was a co-founder of D’Artagnan and is now a co-owner of Debragga and Spitler, a New York meat wholesaler that’s been doing business since 1924, and a main supplier to many of the city’s best restaurants. This is a letter George sent late last week to a well-known chef, and one he’ll be sending to others. (It’s worth noting, if for no other reason than to answer the inevitable question, which I asked myself, that George doesn’t only sell naturally-raised meats – he sells industrially-produced stuff as well. But he’s on a campaign to persuade the chefs who insist that’s what they want to change their minds, and I know he’d like to supply only the right stuff.) I’ve changed nothing except misspellings.

In this series, the First We Feast crew investigates the truth behind highbrow products saturating the food world. We consult experts to figure out how to navigate all the snobbery and decide whether they’re really worth all the hype.

Chef Adam Weiss of Esty Street in Park Ridge defeated chef.Ninamarie Bojekian of Ooh La La Catering in Franklin Lakes to win the Ultimate Chef Bergen County competition at Chef Central, Paramus, on February 16. The secret ingredient was tea.

Rosie has the latest news on where NJ chefs are manning the stoves.

This week Rosie tells us about David Burke Fromagerie in Rumson, Sigiri in Edison, Toscania Trattoria in Little Falls, and much more news about NJ restaurants.