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Article: Where's The Beef? This U.S.-Raised Kobe Beef is in Short Supply, Even at $100 A Pound.
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- PR Newswire
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- February 9, 2004
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CHICAGO, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The only problem with this beef is its popularity.
There's a rapidly-growing appetite for the most delicious and most expensive beef money can buy, reports Allen Brothers of Chicago (1-800-957-0111 or http://www.allenbrothers.com/), one of the nation's largest purveyors of USDA prime beef and other fine meat, as it tries to meet an eight-fold increase in demand for its U.S.-raised Kobe beef, which sells for as much as $100 a pound.
Called the perfect indulgence and renowned for its incomparable rich and juicy flavor and extraordinary tenderness and texture, Kobe beef originated in Japan, where it is also known as Wagyu ...