Pig Popsicles

OK, so pork belly is trendy and everyone has done it, but there’s a reason for that: it’s luxurious! It’s hard to make pork belly taste anything but amazing. At a recent Gather With ME dinner party, we decided to develop a pork belly appetizer. If...

REVIEW – Umai Charcuterie Bags

PLEASE NOTE: We were NOT paid or in any way compensated for this review. With our new charcuterie interest, we have been reading for some months about Umai Dry Bag products. The basic premise is that, using a FoodSaver style machine, you put your cured meat (or...

Lonzino (sort of)

Lonzino is actually a cured Pork Loin, ours was a tenderloin (which requires more time and a casing which we didn’t want to attempt). Jacques Pepin calls this a Saucisson of Pork Tenderloin. But we’ll stick with Lonzino. This was our first curing project...