You Should Make Turkey Pastrami for Thanksgiving
While I really only enjoy Thanksgiving turkey in the hour after it comes out of the oven, it certainly seems the majority are in it for the sandwiches. Day-after turkey…
8 Ways to Give Your Valentine the Gift of Meat
Photo: Claire Lower I can’t decorate a cake to save my dumb little life, but even I can arrange a visually pleasing box of meat and cheese. To make your…
Stop Serving Massive Slices of Prosciutto
Photo: beats1 (Shutterstock) Giant fluttering petals of prosciutto may look impressive on a charcuterie board, but that is the last time it’ll look quite so majestic. Ten minutes later, your…
Charcuterie Is the Perfect Christmas Breakfast, Actually
Christmas is a big food day. Cinnamon rolls for breakfast! Liqueur in your coffee! Champagne in your orange juice! Grand roasted meats with crispy potatoes! Gravy to your eyeballs! And…
Fold Your Charcuterie, You Slobs
Photo: Elena.Katkova (Shutterstock) People are very into their boards at the moment. I’m not going to comment on the viral butter board, except to say that it is a perversion…
Make a Cute Little Salami Rose With a Wine Glass
Photo: Claire Lower When I was but 10 tender years old, I saw a trailer for Bed of Roses, a Christian Slater vehicle that—at the time—seemed to embody the absolute…
Make Prosciutto Crisps in Your Microwave
Photo: Claire Lower Prosciutto crisps have a decidedly mid-‘90s vibe. It seems a little wrong, a little wasteful even, to take a delicate, silky piece of paper-thin cured pork and…