Table of Contents

Introduction

1 On Intention
Synergy
Sourcing
Safety / How It Works
Equipment and Supplies

2 On Precision
Sausage Primer
Sausage Processing
Apple Horseradish Sausage
Miso & Pickled Ginger Sausage
Rabbit Andouille
Buttermilk Boudin Blanc

3 On Suspension
The Terrine
Chutney & Confit Terrine
Pâté of Thirds
Working (Wo)man's Lunchbox Pâté
60-20 Suspension
Pâté Gratin
Mortadella

4 On Wholeness
Dry Curing
Wet Muscle Curing
Bacon
Corned Beef & Beef Pastrami
Lardo
Tasso Ham
Pork Shank Confit
Coppa or Capicola
Black Pepper Culatello

5 On Collaboration
Fermented Dry Sausages
Making a Charcuterie Cabinet
Starter Cultures and Beneficial Molds
Koji Charcuterie
Growing Koji
Chile, Mustard & Pickled Celery Salami
Calabrese-Style Salami with Vanilla & Lardo
Nduja
Koji Venison Bresaola
Five-Spice Koji Lomo

6 On Culmination
Cooking Sausages
Smoking Meat
Building Your Own Cold Smoker
Serving and Storing Charcuterie
Additional Recipes
Homemade Horseradish
Homemade Miso Sauce
Pickled Ginger
Fermented Sweet Pepper
Pickled Celery Leaves
Fennel Pickles
Candied Jalapeño Pepper
Pimento Cheese Spread

Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
A Note About the Publisher

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About the Author

Over the past 15 years, Meredith Leigh has worked as a farmer, butcher, chef, teacher, non-profit executive director, and writer, all in pursuit of sustainable food. She has developed a farmer co-op, founded and catalyzed non-profit ventures, grown vegetables, flowers, and meats, owned and managed a retail butcher shop and restaurant, and more. She is the author of The Ethical Meat Handbook: A Complete Guide to Home Butchery, Charcuterie, and Cooking for the Conscious Omnivore.

Reviews

Some cookbooks live on the coffee table. Others live in the kitchen, their stained pages a pragmatic guide to what's for dinner. Farmer, chef, teacher, mother, activist, and writer Meredith Leigh has penned a profound how-to that's equally at home in the larder or on the nightstand beside collections of verse by Tracy K. Smith and William Matthews. - Jason Tesauro, Esquire.com