
Basic Wet Brine
This is a basic brine that I use for bacon, corned beef, pickled tongue, ham, smoked pork loin, and petit salé pork. The method for

This is a basic brine that I use for bacon, corned beef, pickled tongue, ham, smoked pork loin, and petit salé pork. The method for

Cheap Eats, Keeps Well, Freezes Well This technique for rendering pork fat into lard comes from Shannon Hayes, who has a Ph.D. in sustainable agriculture

Comfort Food, Great Leftovers, Keeps Well For rillettes, the French version of potted pork, fattier cuts are cooked long and slow until the meat is

Fit for Company, Cheap Eats, Comfort Food, Great Leftovers, Keeps Well This is a much less salty version of the classic confit from southwestern France,

Fit for Company, Fit for a Crowd This mousse, which is made with cooked liver and lots of onions and shallots, is fairly easy to

Why this recipe works this hearty Mexican stew of hominy (degerminated corn kernels), pork, chiles, and vegetables dates all the way back to the Aztecs.

Freezes Well With a little of this sausage in your freezer, you can produce a Thai-flavored dish in no time flat. Stir-fry it with vegetables

Family Meal, Freezes Well, Heirloom Pork When I think Italian sausage, this is the recipe that comes to mind: pork flavored with fennel and a

Family Meal, Freezes Well It’s hard to beat the aroma of homemade pork sausage frying on the stove, urging all to come and eat a

Fit for Company, Fit for a Crowd A staple in Mediterranean cooking, Moroccan preserved lemons have a distinctive sweet-salty-tart flavor. They’re quite expensive in specialty


