"A Series of Steaks" is a science fiction story by Singaporean writer Vina Jie-Min Prasad. It was first published in Clarkesworld, in January 2017.
Plot summary
Helena uses bioprinting to forge expensive cuts of beef... until she is blackmailed by a client with a particularly difficult request.
Reception
A Series of Steaks was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette of 2017,[1] the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,[2] and the 2018 Theodore Sturgeon Award.[3] Tangent Online commended Prasad's portrayal of Helena, and the overall "flow" of the story, but felt that it "drag(ged) a little in the middle."[4]