Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Eating alpaca: fibre industry eyes meaty expansion

In Peruvian chef Alejandro Saravia's home country, alpaca meat has been part of the national diet since Inca times. Now he is introducing it to Australian diners. Mr Saravia, the head chef at Peruvian ...
ABC Kcrg 9

West Branch alpaca farmer first in the state to sell meat to restaurants

A restaurant in Kalona has plans to start serving an unusual dish for eastern Iowa and it doesn't have to go far to get the meat. The Tuscan Moon Grill on Fifth is going to be adding Alpaca meat to ...
NJ.com

Letter: As meat, take the alpaca out of the game

Concerning Jim Bolton's Jan. 23 Outdoors column, "Mystery meat a treat at 'Critter Dinner'": The column reported on the Fairton Christian Center’s annual wild-game dinner, and one item dubbed “mystery ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Alpaca growers challenge cute, cuddly image to build markets for healthy alpaca meat

A group of Western Australian growers is putting alpaca meat on dinner plates, promoting its buttery texture and comparing the flavour to milk fed veal. In the barely three decades since their ...
Adelaide Now

Meat the alpacas of the Gold Coast: fluffy, cute but extremely tasty

IT’S the industry that is set to alpaca punch and Gold Coasters are jumping on board. Farmers are expanding their businesses to accommodate the demand for the animal’s meat and fleece. The Australian ...
VTDigger

On a Vermont mountain, alpaca research leads to a worldwide first

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Grub Street

Ricardo Zarate Wants to Introduce You To Alpaca Meat

Awesome! Not only is Zarate bringing this rare meat to North Americans, but he’s not just throwing it into a saltado or the same anticucho formula that made beef heart instantly palatable to Angelenos ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Area alpaca farmer sells the fleece for yarn, and sometimes the animal for meat

Jeff Suchland, owner of Alpacas of Troy farm near Troy, Mo., raises alpacas. Jeff Suchland grabs one of his alpacas to check and see how far along she was in her pregnancy at his farm on Wednesday, ...
The Best BBQ in St. Louis

Life in the Hard-Knock World of Alpaca Farming

The view as you head up the gravel hill to Jeff Suchland’s farm in Troy, Missouri, doesn’t seem remarkable—until you see a pasture speckled with grazing alpacas. From afar, the animals might be ...
Atlanta Magazine

Alpaca, it’s what’s for dinner: Atlanta restaurants serve up alternatives to the usual beef and chicken

Historically speaking, the Southern meat-and-two has called for beef, pork, or chicken. Today kitchens are showing interest in other animals. I spoke with four chefs who know their way around the ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Alpaca dinner features locally grown rare meat treat

The talk of last year's Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show wasn't beer cheese or ice cream or jelly. It was the alpaca chorizo from River Hill Ranch in Richmond. Alpaca, best known for silky soft ...