Barbecued Beef Heart Anyone? Offal Enjoys Its Foodie Moment

Exponents of ‘nose-to-tail’ eating are driving up demand for odd animal parts, long dismissed by many diners as gross

The Best Farms in Every State

Top chefs and better butchers across the Deep South have a trick up their sleeves, and that’s the fifth-generation Home Place Pastures in Como, in the same family for more than 150 years, and now better than ever for pasture-raised beef, pork and lamb.

Meet Marshall Bartlett, a 26-Year-Old Hog Farmer in Como, Mississippi

Marshall Bartlett, co-founder and President of Home Place Pastures, finds new ways to honor the generations-old tradition of hog farming in the rural south.

The Best Mail-Order Food Gifts from Every State

Here, it’s all about some of the South’s highest-quality meat, a staple in many New Orleans kitchens and available for shipping nationwide. Buy a whole (or a half) cow or pig if you like, or maybe start with a sampler pack and work your way up?

Come on Down to Como

Pass through Como, Mississippi, and it may not look like much, but stay awhile and this little hill-country town will surprise you with its abundance.

Home Place Pastures

COMO – When Marshall Bartlett was a young boy, he felt the place he called home was paradise.

Bienville Street butcher works to keep supply chain healthy during shutdown

In the New Orleans culinary scene, Home Place Pastures is a major meat source. Smith raves about the muscle structure, the “beautiful marbling,” the texture of the fat, the ratio of the fat to meat. All of this, Smith said, sets Home Place’s pork apart and is a direct result of how the pigs are raised.

No Place Like Home

At Home Place Pastures, in Como Ms Marshall Bartlett is reinventing his family farm.