Alexander’s Prime Meats Shares Beef Secrets

June 9, 2010 - PRLog -- San Gabriel, CA – June 19th, 2010: Have you ever attended a book signing at your local meat market? Alexander’s Prime Meats and Catering will be celebrating Father’s Day early this year with expert meat-cutter and author Lee O’Hara. His book, Beef Secrets Straight from the Butcher gives readers a comprehensive education about beef. The book signing will take place at Alexander’s, located at 6580 N. San Gabriel Blvd. in San Gabriel, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

“Beef Secrets is the definitive work on dry aging,” said Michael Milazo, owner of Alexander’s.  “When Lee O’Hara describes the process of dry aging as compared to the false claims of wet aging, he is spot on. In my 45 years as a meat cutter I have never read a book that was as thorough and accurate as Lee O’Hara’s book.”

Voted Best Butcher by LA Weekly, Alexander’s proves that they are a cut above the other meat markets by dry aging their beef in their onsite coolers for at least 21 days. Their butchers have 400 years of cumulative meat cutting experience.

Beef Secrets gives shoppers the tools to pick out the right cut of beef for any recipe. With 160 pages and over 150 photos and illustrations, readers can really understand what they’re looking at in the meat counter.

“I don't know anything simpler than aging a hunk of beef in the refrigerator,” O’Hara shared. “Anyone can have the best, safest and cleanest beef possible, and that know-how should be as common as how to wash dishes. I wrote this book to share my knowledge.”

Mike Thames, chef at a five-star restaurant in Clearwater, Florida, described O’Hara’s book as an embracive work on beef. “Today I can answer questions about meat that I would never have comprehended had I not taken the opportunity to read Beef Secrets.”

Lee O’Hara will be at Alexander’s in San Gabriel on June 19th from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to sign copies of his book and answer readers’ questions.

For more information about Beef Secrets Straight from the Butcher (ISBN 0-9627090-1-8 Soft cover, full color, 160 pages, 6 x9, $34.95) or to schedule an interview, please contact Lee O’Hara at 323-683-0584.