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Light a Good Fire

As I build fire and tend fire for smoked charcuterie, I've been musing on the building and tending of culture, which is, I feel, perhaps the greatest calling of our particular moment.

Food For Thought, Food, Charcuterie, MeatMeredith LeighOctober 6, 2020#ethicalmeat, #ethicalmeathandbook, #culture, #charcuterie, #smokedfoods, #smokingmeat, #smokedmeat, #onlinecourse, #realfood, #fire, #fall, #autumn Comment

Sausage as Muse

Food. Art. Resistance.

Charcuterie, Food, Food For Thought, MeatMeredith LeighJune 12, 2020#sausage, #sausagemaking, #salami, #salumi, #pâté, #realfood, #ethicalmeat, #charcuterie, #purecharcuterie, #purecure, #agriculture, #resistance Comment

Cooking is the New Communism

on the smartness of millennials, truth-telling with yourself, aging, and finding joy in the struggle.

Hold Onto Wonder. It is the Best Resistance

A rotten ham is a smorgasbord of epiphany.

Food For Thought, CharcuterieMeredith LeighApril 17, 2018#foodforthought, #nature, #wonder, #mystery, #charcuterie Comments

Top 5 Reasons to Cure Your Own Meat

From budget to wonderment, here are the Top 5 reasons to cure your own meat.

Butchery, Microbiology, Food For Thought, Meat, CharcuterieMeredith LeighDecember 5, 2017#curedmeat, #charcuterie, #purecharcuterie, #ethicalmeat, #diy, #homecured, #purecure, #sausage, #sausagemaking, #salami, #salumi, #wholeanimal Comments

Do Something Unrealistic

There is no such thing as small change. #beuseful

Meat, Food, Butchery, Food For ThoughtMeredith LeighNovember 23, 2015#meat, #slowmeat, #change, #charcuterie, #butchery, #butcherbook, #wholeanimal, #food, #foodforthoughtComment