a whole lot of patience. The time between buying a cut of meat from the butcher to actually serving it at the table can be months. Or even years. That’s when the meat breaks down, unlocking flavor you ...

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 ...

Capicola and ham are two different types of cured, processed deli meat that differ in their curing process. Technically speaking, capicola is a type of ham, but it's processed in a way that makes it ...

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 ...

In our story about Colorado chefs and butchers who are turning out some world-class cured meats, we threw out quite a few sausage and meat names – some of which aren’t very common outside of Italy.