Title: Wow. So much good stuff!
Product review: I have not done anything like cooked my way through this book.But- I've made a bunch of things, and they have been great!The licorice-spices "gravlax" might be the show-stopper. It is utterly gorgeous, and I've made it several times; it may be the best salmon appetizer I've ever had.The corned beef and pastrami are excellent. I've been making my own corned beef for St. Pat's Day for years; it's relatively easy to add a hot-smoke and make it into pastrami.The pancetta is also excellent, though a bit more risky-seeming! And the bacon is gorgeous.None of these- except maybe the gravlax- is exactly easy or simple... but the results are worth it.There's also good info on confit (and one of these days I WILL make duck proscuitto!), and lots on sausages- which I mostly have not done.Not much on cold smoking, especially in a home environment, though we've experimented and have had some good results without a lot of specialized equipment.I really recommend this book.
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