Word: zebu
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...internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder have transformed Le Domaine de Fontenay, a rambling French colonial house with huge verandas, into a relaxed nine-bedroom hotel. Its restaurant serves such local fare as grilled crayfish and fillet steaks of zebu, or Malagasy cattle, and serves South African wine. The hotel's décor reflects its history: the honeymoon suite's marble bath was salvaged from the captain's quarters of a 19th century French corvette, and the restaurant's stone fireplace bears the official stamp of French architect Gustave Eiffel...
...restaurant serves such local fare as grilled crayfish and fillet steaks of zebu, or Malagasy cattle, and serves South African wine. The hotel's d?cor reflects its history: the honeymoon suite's marble bath was salvaged from the captain's quarters of a 19th century French corvette, and the restaurant's stone fireplace bears the official stamp of French architect Gustave Eiffel. But it is the garden, set in a 300-hectare rain-forest nature park, that dazzles. Here you can find 45 species of birds, boa constrictors and a giant tortoise called Galileo. "If I'd told Karl-Heinz...
...unintended consequences intervenes. RBG's Dransfield notes that demand for Malagasy lobsters means more palms are chopped down to make lobster pots. Improved rice yields promised to ease the pressure to expand paddies at the expense of forest, but richer rice farmers use their profits to buy zebu cattle, the local measure of wealth, which contribute to overgrazing. "Madagascar's problems clearly won't be solved overnight," says Kew's Britt. "But we think things are slowly turning around." The RBG, he points out, is only one of dozens of organizations now working to ensure Madagascar stays a naturalist...
...turn toward lighter meals of fish and chicken, is experimenting with new breeds of beef-producing cattle that are considerably lower in fat and calories than the conventional product. These leaner beefs are beginning to find their way to market with names barely recognizable to most consumers. Nonetheless, Brae, zebu, beefalo and Chianina Lite will soon be tempting steak- and hamburger-loving Americans who want to get back to their old favorites. These meats have anywhere from 25% to 85% less fat and 32% to 79% fewer calories than standard beef, but the most important question to beef lovers...
...most exotic of the new beefs is zebu, an unfortunate name that suggests the animal is at least part zebra and might summon images of black-and-white- striped steaks. Instead, this haughty-looking animal is a variety of humpbacked cattle native to India and Brazil that is crossbred with fatter and more flavorful bovine strains. Zebu breeding stock is raised by Liborio Hinojosa of H&H Meat Products in Mercedes, Texas, and is sold to ranchers from Florida and California. Zebu, which is now being tested for fat and calorie count at Texas A&M University, was the least...