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Pork is the word

my favorite pork books

Peter Kaminsky, “Pig Perfect”
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, “The River Cottage Meat Book”
Stéphane Reynaud, “Pork & Sons”
Fergus Henderson, “The Whole Beast”

Today I begin my stint as the guest writer at Accidental Hedonist. Head over there to see what I’ve cooked up. In the meantime, these are my all time favorite books about pork. They are all engaging, well written, and total advocates for buying local, humanely-raised meat. Also check out what Bill Buford says about The River Cottage Meat Book and Pork and Sons in this article from a December New Yorker. I love this review because I think Buford is an excellent writer himself, plus he absolutely captures the dilemma of reading any of these books…the wanton pork lust that forces you to put down the book, get out the pork, and start cooking.

“There’s nothing like a pork belly to steady the nerves.”
-Fergus Henderson

Here’s a printer-friendly version of the recipe I posted at Accidental Hedonist.



January 5, 2008 | Filed Under Guest writer, Local, Wisconsin, beef, fish, poultry, pork, cookbook, ethical eating, food, recipe 

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4 Responses to “Pork is the word”

  1. JEP on January 5th, 2008

    Vanessa—just wanted to tell you I always appreciate “If you liked this post, then try…” I’m always led to someting tasty;)

  2. Crys on January 6th, 2008

    The printable version link isn’t loading…

    But may I say how lovely your post was at Accidental Hedonist?

  3. vanessa on January 6th, 2008

    JEP, you’re the best.

    Crys, thanks for letting me know…it’s fixed now…and thanks for reading.

  4. Crys on January 6th, 2008

    you’re quite welcome! i’m inspired. :)

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