The cover of The Ethical Carnivore published by Bloomsbury September 2016
After much deliberation, The Ethical Carnivore has a cover and the build up to publication has begun. Read more
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Photos of butchers – because we probably don’t appreciate them enough
Julian butchers a lamb at Devon County Show.
The number of butchers shops in Britain has fallen from 30,000 to under 6,000 in the last 20 years. It’s a shame because butchers should be the point of contact between you and the farmer who raised the meat on your behalf. Read more
The Easter Bunny: Overcoming Watership Down
Rabbit features in much of our childhood literature but it will also feature in the kill to eat diet.
I am often asked why I have not eaten more rabbit on this journey. The simple answer is that it takes time to learn to shoot a rabbit properly. There is also the Watership Down problem. Read more
Plenty of fish in the sea?
Cod caught off the east coast of Scotland
During the winter months it was difficult to find something to eat, but there is plenty of life in the sea – or there was. Read more
Gregg Wallace didn’t like my vegan shepherd’s pie, so I made a real lamb roast
Wild soay sheep
This blog is about to get bloody. Sorry, but I did say I was writing a book about only eating animals I have killed myself. This means at some point I will have to kill something. The point is to do it in as humane a way as possible and to educate people about where meat comes from. Read more
Shucking oysters: A soft start to the kill-to-eat diet
I didn’t mean to match my nail varnish to the oyster knife…
Oysters are possibly the most “raw” food experience you can get, in fact they are probably still alive when you eat them… Read more
