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Know Your Food Jargon: Plant butchery

Here’s your foodie word of the day.

By Stefanie Gans February 27, 2017 at 8:00 am

Photo courtesy of RagonImages/Adobe Stock
Photo courtesy of RagonImages/Adobe Stock

Here’s your foodie word of the day:

Plant Butchery (v.): The act of breaking down vegetables with the same precision, care and skill usually applied to meat. It is predicted to be a food trend this year.

(February 2017)

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