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Charcutepalooza: The Meat Party

By Jason Horn, on December 5th, 2011%

Charcutepalooza is a yearlong project I’m participating in to make recipes from Michael Ruhlman’s Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing. For more information, see my introductory post.

So this is it. The end of a year of meat. A lot of pig parts have passed through my . . . → Read More: Charcutepalooza: The Meat Party

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Charcutepalooza: Peperone and Odds-&-Ends Calzones

By Jason Horn, on November 22nd, 2011%

Charcutepalooza is a yearlong project I’m participating in to make recipes from Michael Ruhlman’s Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing. For more information, see my introductory post.

Making fermented foods at home is kind of like taking a trust-fall.

There’s something deeply terrifying about leaving some perfectly . . . → Read More: Charcutepalooza: Peperone and Odds-&-Ends Calzones

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Please, somebody help me make kohlrabi taste good

By Jason Horn, on May 27th, 2010%

What should I do with this thing?

This year marks my third as a part of the Snow’s Bend Farm CSA. (CSA stands for “community supported agriculture,” a program in which you pay a flat fee for a share of a farm’s products. Check localharvest.org for CSA . . . → Read More: Please, somebody help me make kohlrabi taste good

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My Bagel Dilemma

By Jason Horn, on May 26th, 2010%

Having lived in the South for almost eight years now, there’s very little I miss about the Great Frozen North where I grew up. Good bagels are one of those things. Every time I go home, my mom stocks up on good Chicago bagels (and lox, if I’m lucky).

Birmingham has a reasonably-sized Jewish population; . . . → Read More: My Bagel Dilemma

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