Charcuterie

And the winner is….

January 7, 2012
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The Year of Meat has come to a close. We have a winner, and his name is Peter Barrett. Peter writes the visually stunning and always wry and clever A Cook Blog. From the very beginning, everyone noticed his spectacular, extravagent and enviable way of answering the challenges. I’d Like to Be Alone with the [...]

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rugelach. naughty or nice.

December 1, 2011
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There are many cookies in my repetoire. Chocolate and ginger, biscotti, florentines, the sort of famous peanut butter cookies. But, rugelach I’ve made for years. It started early with my great-grandmother Agatha, who taught me to roll up rugelach for the Temple Sisterhood bake sales. It was one of those recipes I made all through [...]

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charcutepalooza. my mincemeat experience.

November 18, 2011
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I had such hope for this post. Sometime back in the summer, I learned of the availability of beef suet and an idea was hatched. It became my own personal Charcutepalooza extra credit. The sweet side of meat preservation – just in time for the holidays. Real mincemeat. Sweet, savory, boozy. Intense. It’s how bits [...]

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spiced smoked turkey breast. for thanksgiving.

November 10, 2011
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It all started with the chorizo cornbread. I had it in my head to use chorizo in cornbread for months. So when McCormick Spices asked me to tell them about my Thanksgiving, that chipotle chile flavor was already haunting my kitchen dreams. I wanted to offer up something different. Something appropriate for a small gathering. [...]

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chipotle chorizo cornbread. for thanksgiving.

November 8, 2011
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For the first time in quite a few years, Dennis and I will travel for Thanksgiving. There will be no weeks of mad planning and shopping, notebooks filled with recipes and timetables, and sketches of the table settings.  There will be no Dead Poultry Society meeting this year, much to the dismay of friends and [...]

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charcutepalooza december challenge. showing off.

November 1, 2011
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This is it. The last challenge. It’s time to show us what you’ve learned. You’ve had a year of experimenting and practice. You’ve had the benefit of this exceptionally creative and daring Charcutepalooza community. And ‘tis the season. What better reason to gather your friends and family than a celebration of all things charcuterie? It’s [...]

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november challenge. curing.

October 15, 2011
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The eleventh challenge. We’re almost through the Year of Meat and a trip to France is so close for one of you. We’ve come a long way. We’ve salted, brined, smoked, ground, stuffed, packed and stretched our way through parts of pork, slabs of beef, flocks of chickens, dozens of ducks and hundreds of feet [...]

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october challenge. stretching.

September 15, 2011
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There are days in the kitchen that kick your butt. Tasks that ask you to stretch your skills. This month, we’ll be experiencing all the terrors and the thrills of the kitchen. We’ll be extending foods to make tasty appetizers. We’ll be lengthening the time we can keep foods edible, safely. You’ll be working hard [...]

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september challenge. packing.

August 15, 2011
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We’ve just returned from a few fantastic days spent floating down the Rhine river valley, and traveling the Routes des Vins d’Alsace. I peered into every charcuterie shop, checked out every butcher. Oh, don’t worry. I did not overlook the vegetables. Or the cheeses. Or pastries. I stopped at markets and chatted up the people [...]

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