Wooden board topped with various cured meats - Grandriver/Getty Images If you've ever found yourself standing aimlessly in front of the deli section at the grocery store, you're not alone. Sometimes ...

Learn how to make Italian Pitina at home using a simple, reliable method—no curing chamber required. In this video, based on ...

Lunch meat is a great way to prepare a deli-style sandwich. However, many of these meats are processed with undesirable ingredients. Over time, these ingredients can cause serious health issues.

Two studies have been published looking at Toxoplasma in Spanish dry-cured meat products and in meat of adult sheep. Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Transmission has been ...

Have you ever looked through the bacon selection at the grocery store and noticed that while most of the packages are labeled "cured," there are some that are labeled "uncured?" This has always ...

Fairly new to the NYC culinary scene, Jamie Bissonnette has long been regarded as one of the best chefs in the Northeast (see his James Beard Foundation nominations and awards, for instance). The ...

This time of year, turkey gets a lot of attention. But let’s be real, turkey is massively overrated. It's dry. It’s flavorless. And cooking it wrong can burn down your house. Enter: ham, the ...

Cold-smoking meats can be risky — but there's a salty solution that makes it safer. Before you fire up the smoker, here's the ...

Traditional pastrami owes it roots to pre-refrigeration Romania, when the cured and seasoned then smoked meat was more so for purposes of preservation versus flavor. Goose was a popular choice in its ...