Meaty acquisition for Mitchell Beazley

Mitchell Beazley, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired an "ode to all things beefy" in the latest cookbook from chef and meat expert Richard H. Turner, entitled Prime: The Beef Cookbook.

Prime will publish in March 2017, priced £25. It follows on from Turner's last book Hog published in April 2015. 

Dubbed "King of London’s Carnivores”, Turner was trained by the Roux brothers, Pierre Koffmann and Marco Pierre White, as has worked at London's celebrated Pitt Cue Co., to Hawksmoor, Foxlow and Blacklock. He is additionally one half of the independent butcher and British meat supplier Turner & George, and founded Meatopia, a London food festival.

The book comprises 150 recipes for "timeless classics", as well as new recipes for enjoying beef in all its forms, covering every cut and style of preparation and including dishes from all the world. Examples are Chilean empanadas, New-York-style veal parmigiana and bone marrow dumplings, plus features on bovine breeds, butchering, and buying the best beef.  It is accompanied by images from photographer Paul Winch-Furness. 

Stephanie Jackson, Octopus Publishing director, acquired world rights all languages direct from the author. 

Jackson said: "As anyone would expect of the chef known as 'Britain’s Mr. Meat', Rich Turner’s new book is a masterpiece of meat cookery. From steaks, shawarma and smoked short ribs to burgers, bourguignon and beef dripping fries, Prime is everything you’d want from a beef cookbook. We’re thrilled to be publishing what’s destined to become another absolute classic of meat cookery.” 

Turner added: "I'm stupidly grateful and beyond excited to have been able to work with Stephanie Jackson at Octopus on Prime, the culmination of a life-long passion for all things bovine and an homage to the farmers and butchers who constantly strive to put great beef on our tables. It's a complicated story of what exactly makes one piece of beef better than another, almost identical looking piece, and the myriad elements involved."