Adventures in running a web-based food business
In the last few years, we have developed about 700 recipes, like this. Up until recently, we held the photoshoots at my house. My lucky neighbors would come over in the afternoon and help us make sure that no food went to waste. When we moved into an office with a kitchen, photoshoots moved there …
A post by Ryan, our fabulously creative and versatile design director ———– Before joining Marx Foods I worked for one of Washington State’s largest privately owned companies. One of those places that is run by a strict set of rules and guidelines, where your job is set in stone, and there are no variations allowed. …
…this is the best meat to eat. I am obviously biased because we sell this grass-fed beef. Having gotten that disclaimer out of the way, I was so impressed by how humane, hygienic and efficient the New Zealand Grass-fed Beef production is. If you are conscious about your consumption, I am authoritatively and unequivocally …
A recent visit to a New Zealand meat packing plant was impressive, interesting, and a walk down memory lane. This first post is mostly about the memory lane part… ————– I was raised in a Veal Slaughterhouse & Meat Packing Plant in New Jersey I don’t mean that I lived in one, but my father …
My recent visit to a New Zealand meat packing plant was intense, insightful and a walk down memory lane. What struck me most was the sounds and smells from my memory that were not there. Warning: this might be graphic; I can’t tell because I’m desensitized. But, I don’t want to hold anything back since …
Continue reading “A Slaughterhouse Without the Things from My Memory”
The easiest analogy to describe what it is like in a meat slaughter and processing facility is to imagine a car factory. Imagine a car production line where a car chassis is suspended by a hook from the ceiling and it moves from station to station as this part and that part are added and …
I had dinner last night with a dairy farmer at a breathtaking vineyard in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. I’m here primarily to learn about our new grass-fed beef, but there’s always unexpected lessons. In this case, I gained unexpected clarity from facts I already knew. #LessonsFromNewZealand ————- Veal is a byproduct of the dairy industry. …
Continue reading “The Irony of Veal Stigmas & Milk Production”
Invited to share your voice on the Marx Foods blog via a guest post and wondering how to get us your entry? Below are our best practices for post submissions, however keep in mind that we’ll take them however you can send them over. Sure, if they are formatted per the below it will save …
SEATTLE BLOGGERS! We’ve got game birds looking for a hot and smoky home. Want to adopt devour them? You’ll have to open your kitchen up for 3 pheasants, 3 Guinea Fowl and 3 Poulet Rouge … a little menagerie of fowl. We want to send these birds home with a blogger who will put them to good use, …
We’re constantly evaluating new products to see whether they’re worth sharing with our customers. We value your trust, and we try to repay that by: A) only carrying the best foods possible and B) being up front with ingredient lists on the product pages so you can always make an informed choice. As I’ve discussed …
Continue reading “Can You Say “Tertiary Butylhydroquinone”?”
DB Infusion Chocolates is a Marx Foods customer who were gracious enough to send us a 27-piece box of their chocolates to try. It came in on Tuesday morning and since the holiday season has us all working so hard I invited the entire team to take a break and taste some chocolates. We cut …
This dog has no inhibitions! Always a source of laughter for us around the office, he keeps outdoing himself. Wow, I can’t wait until he gets up from his nap so I can show him what he’s done … AGAIN … This time on the Scanner! I know that dogs like to sniff your cute …
Continue reading “Nyoki Got Drunk Again at the Holiday Party…”