When left in a salt-sugar mixture for a few days, then gently roasted or smoked, the various cuts of pork are radically transformed into much beloved delicacies. Pork legs become hams. Belly becomes bacon. Tenderloin becomes back or ‘canadian’ bacon. Shoulder becomes tasso or picnic ham. Flavors are intensified, texture is improved, grins spread.At its […]
Our flat is in a remodeled Victorian warehouse: the Dewhirst, as the ancient lettering running up the side proudly announces. It’s a four-story brick building, with retail on the ground floor, apartments arrayed around a spiral staircase in the center, and a little patio on the roof. Besides the wooden patio, the building is roofed […]
On my final Colorado weekend, I joined James and Chappell, Slater, and a fun crew of buddies for a quick hop down to Shelf Road. It’s a sport climbing mecca, with big limestone walls that form a vertical rimrock along several small drainages. We had an awesome time playing around on the rocks and camping […]
