Chianina cows are massive creatures. The males are more than twice the size of an average Angus, weighing in at nearly 4,000 pounds. It's because of this, and the fact that they are an Italian ...

These Chianina cows are a special 2,200-year-old breed from Central Italy. The restaurant's color scheme—heck, its whole motif—is designed in anticipation of them; Chianina cow emblems are ...

In fact it was in an upper room of this very house that Professor Ezio Marchi, known as ‘the father of the Chianina’ was born. It was he who, around 1889 initiated research which, in the same ...

Knickers stands 6 feet, 4 inches from hoof to shoulder — that means he’s only three inches shorter than a Mewtwo — and he weighs approximately 1.5 tons, or a little more than a Toyota Corolla.

The Chianina beef, from snowy-white cows known for their muscle mass and lean, tender meat, is “one of the signature things we’re working on. We’re buying the bulls and breeding the cattle.

The title of world’s tallest living steer belongs to Bellino, a Chianina ox based in Italy, according to Guinness World Records. The Italian ox was measured at 2.027m in March of 2010.

When I discovered that Chianina were already in Australia, I was excited. They were brought here in the 1970s but farmers here have used them for cross-breeding and not for the plate.

BE among the first to taste Chianina Bistecca, T-bone steaks from the largest cows in the world. Her paddock playmates are towering beasts only about 18 months old. In two to three years they will ...

BE among the first to taste Chianina Bistecca, T-bone steaks from the largest cows in the world. Her paddock playmates are towering beasts only about 18 months old. In two to three years they will ...

Knickers, a Holstein Friesian steer, is thought to be Australia’s biggest cow weighing in at 1.4 tonnes and standing 6ft 4in tall. Meet Knickers – Australia’s biggest cow. Standing at 6ft 4in tall and ...

BE among the first to taste Chianina Bistecca, T-bone steaks from the largest cows in the world. Her paddock playmates are towering beasts only about 18 months old. In two to three years they will ...

It is hard to imagine that as recently as the 1970s my cosy bedroom in this large and beautiful Tuscan farmhouse in Bettolle near Sinalunga was… ...