Sam Edwards’s Surryano ham
If you're like me, you don't leave the house on Black Friday. Are discounted goods really worth it when you've got to dodge hordes of mall-bound mothers ready to pounce on Wedding Day Sparkle Barbie? No. I will be snug in front of a fire, sipping on hot cider and purchasing Christmas presents with a point and a click. Below, two gifts you can buy online that will make any food fanatic happy—and that will keep you out of the dragging lines.
You all know we heart Gourmet, and are very sad about the magazine's passing. Thank Ruth that the cookbooks are still going. The latest, Gourmet Today, is my new kitchen Bible. The magazine's test cooks spent five years playing with the myriad ingredients now available in America’s supermarkets. (Do you think Panko was around in the 70s?) The 1,000 recipes they tweaked and then tweaked again until perfect are eclectic, tasty, and totally foolproof ($21.60, amazon.com).
As for Mollie, she came across Sam Edwards’s Surryano ham while traveling in Virginia. "He cures Berkshire pork, then smokes it over hickory logs. It has the same velvety texture of the best prosciutto but with a distinctly smoky taste—definitely more assertive than the traditional stuff, and great with strong Virginia cheeses" ($26 for three 4 oz packages, surryfarms.com).
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