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Flintstone-sized pork shank with butter beans — delivered to my door care of Munchery for all of $18.95.
It’s not often that I review a product that so exceeds my expectations that my jaw just drops in awe.
But Munchery is that rare find.
Established in San Francisco in 2010, the meal-delivery service was started by two guys working in tech who found it a challenge to feed their young families well under today’s demanding time constraints.
They created Munchery as an answer to that. It’s now expanded to Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, and just raised $85 million in funding.
Unlike many other delivery services that either offer take-out from area restaurants or prepped food kits that you finish cooking at…
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