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 ...

Their presence marks the arrival of layue, the 12th month on the Chinese calendar, signaling that the Chinese New Year is close at hand. This is the season of larou, Sichuan's traditional cured pork ...

‘List your hobbies and interests’: for some, these five words, most likely spotted on job applications and dating profiles, send minds into overdrive. Between holding down a job, keeping up with your ...

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

You may have eaten charcuterie and not even realized it. Charcuterie, pronounced shar-CUTE-er-ee, is the French word for the process of curing and preserving meats. So hot dogs, salami, pepperoni and ...

Imagine your favorite cured meat like beef jerky, pepperoni or bacon without any added sodium nitrite from any source currently necessary for color and shelf life. Wes Osburn, Ph.D., is doing exactly ...

Cole County 4-H members, volunteers and staff have been gathering in the Lincoln University commercial kitchen to prepare pork bellies for the annual bacon show and auction. Eligible members ages 8-18 ...