Category Archives: Charcutepalooza

Late to the Party: The Final Charcutepalooza Challenge

Posted on December 20, 2011 by jamiesam

I’ve mentioned before about the challenges of 2011 for me, and how those challenges threatened to render me more cynical in a not-funny-cynical way*. (*At this point, my husband, if he is reading, will say, “When did your cynicism EVER … Continue reading →

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Pork Pie!

Posted on September 15, 2011 by jamiesam

I have flirted with the idea of making the traditional pork pie in Charcuterie since I first bought the book a couple of years ago. It seemed so Dickensian, something my sooty-faced Welsh coal-miner ancestors might have washed down with … Continue reading →

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Wish the Wurst

Posted on July 14, 2011 by jamiesam

  For a pun-loving gal like me, the opportunities presented with this month’s Charcutepalooza challenge—emulsified sausage—were too good to resist: It was the best of times, it was the wurst of times. For better and for wurst. Wurst case scenario. … Continue reading →

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