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San Francisco Chronicle: Worker Owned Bay Area food businesses are on the rise, February 2022
Edible East Bay: Worker Owned Meets the Moment, Spring 2022
The Wall Street Journal:Â How you should be handling fats in your kitchen, January 2021
Food & Wine:Â The Best Butcher Shops in America, November 2020
San Francisco Chronicle:Â Bay Area gifts for the food lovers in your life, November 2020
San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area grocery deliveries let you cook and avoid the crowds, October 2020
San Francisco Chronicle: It’s already time to reserve Thanksgiving turkeys, October 2020
Diablo Magazine: East Bay Food Creators, May 2020
CBS SF Bay Area KPIX: Small Berkeley Butcher Shop Thrives Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, May 2020
Eater:Â Everything to Know About Freezing and Defrosting Meat, May 2020
Berkeleyside:Â As Berkeley finds comfort in pizza, wine and meat, these 3 businesses are thriving during lockdown, April 2020
Berkeleyside: Berkeley’s ‘closed signs’: Heartfelt, funny and depressing, April 2020
CBS SF Bay Area KPIX: Local Sourcing Dodges COVID-19 Challenges To Meat Supply Chain, April 2020
Berkeleyside: What does it mean for small butchers when meat is the ‘bad guy’? October 2019
Berkeleyside: Berkeley’s small food business owners get creative to make ends meet. But is it enough to compete with chains? October 2019
San Francisco Chronicle: ‘East Bay Cooks’ celebrates culinary diversity of Oakland, Berkeley and other cities, September 2019
Highlights:Â How to Raise a Farm-to-Table Eater, June 2018
Berkeleyside:Â Watch Local Butchers Prepare an Order for Chez Panisse, May 2017
Berkeleyside: ‘Knee-Deep in Animals’: Women Butchers Talk Shop, May 2016
Berkeleyside: 4 East Bay food companies up for Work Local Awards, April 2016
The Fresno Bee: Fresno County farmer’s organically raised pork in demand, March 2016
The New York Times:Â The Pleasure of a Steak at Home, August 2015
The Chicago Tribute: Picnic-perfect pâtés is easier than you may think, July 2015
culturetrip.com:Â Top 10 Local Butchers in the Bay Area, June 2015
San Francisco Chronicle: Flesh and blood – from sausages to stews, a spot of red enriches, February 2015
Spoon University: The Local Butcher Shop, November 2014
KALX 90.7:Â Method to the Madness: Farm to Table sustainable Meat: The Local Butcher Shop, March 2014
CHOW.com:Â Â Slow Cured Corned Beef with Kitchen Coach Aaron Rocchino, March 2014
JWeekly: the organic epicure |  Butcher shop in Berkeley answering to a higher standard than kosher?, January 2014
Off Metro:Â Good Neighbors: Monica Rocchino of The Local Butcher Shop, January 2014
Food & Wine Blog:Â The Coolest Butcher Shops, October 2013
The Daily Meal: America’s 25 Best Butcher Shops, October 2013
East Bay Express: A Guide to Grilling and Smoking May 15. 2013
Eater: SF: The Local Butcher Shop’s Aaron and Monica Rocchino, March 13, 2013
Eater:Â National:Â Watch a Short Doc on the New Generation of Butchers, January 11, 2013
East Bay Express: When Butchers Make Sandwiches , October 31, 2012
Sunset Magazine: Top 50 Local Food Shops, October 2012 Issue
C Magazine:Â Weddings, July 2012 Issue of
Bay Area News Group: Sustainable Meat Shop in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto and Sustainable Ranching Renaissance Takes Hold in Northern California, May 2, 2012
San Francisco Magazine:Â 10 Artisans to Watch, April 2012 Issue
East Bay Express: The Benefits of Pasture-Raised Meat and Homesteading 2.0, March 28, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle:Â Bay Area Butchers Help Consumers Buy and Cook for Taste and Economy, February 12, 2012
New York Times: Increasingly, Meat’s Origins are Valued, January 19, 2012
The East Bay Monthly:Â No Bones About It, January 2012 Issue
East Bay Express:Â Happy Holiday Meats, November 22, 2011
BerkeleySide:Â Whole Beast Butcher Taps Appetite for Local Meat, November 9, 2011
New York Times:Â The Lost Art of Buying From a Butcher, November 2, 2011
Mother Jones:Â Good News about Beer and Butchers, November 2, 2011
Tablehopper:Â The Local Butcher Shop Now Open in Berkeley, September 27, 2011
Tasting Table:Â A Cut Above, September 16, 2011
The Daily Cal:Â Former Chez Panisse Chef Opens Sustainable Butcher Shop in Berkeley, September 5, 2011
Grub Street:Â New Sustainable Butcher Shop from a Chez Panisse Alum Opens in Berkeley, August 26, 2011
SF Gate: East Bay’s Local Cafe, Local Butcher Shop, August 28, 2011
BerkleySide: Chef Panisse Chef Opens Butcher Shop in Berkeley , August 26, 2011
BerkeleySide:Â Chez Panisse Chef to Open Artisan Butcher Shop, May 26, 2011