Why Epicurious Left Beef Behind

In an effort to encourage more sustainable cooking, we won't be publishing new beef recipes on Epicurious. Some people might assume that this decision signals some sort of vendetta against cows—or the people who eat them. But this decision was not made because we hate hamburgers (we don’t!). Instead, our shift is solely about sustainability, about not giving airtime to one of the world’s worst climate offenders. We think of this decision as not anti-beef but rather pro-planet.

Epicurious won’t be publishing new beef recipes going forward. But what does that really mean?