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The International Herland Tribune thinks so. In fact, they are so opinionated on the subject, they featured this article on the front page of their website today. I kid you not, and, apparently, neither do they….Be the first to trade in your band tees for blood-stained aprons! Foodies are the new groupies! Don’t be so surprised. Clearly, this has been brewing for decades. Woodstock was held on a dairy farm.

“If chefs were rock stars, they would be arena bands, playing hard and loud with thousands cheering.

Farmers, who gently coax food from the earth, are more like folk singers, less flashy and more introspective.

Now there is a new kind of star on the food scene: young butchers. With their swinging scabbards, muscled forearms and constant proximity to flesh, butchers have the raw, emotional appeal of an indie band. They turn death into life, in the form of a really good skirt steak.”

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