Jamón crudo is raw-cured ham, the term used across much of Latin America for what Spain calls jamón serrano and Italy calls prosciutto crudo. It names one of the most commercially significant cured products in the world. The Spanish-language framing is the interesting part. It targets Latin American and Spanish-speaking markets directly, where the term is the everyday one, and … [Read more...] about jamoncrudo.com
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altsushi.com
Sushi is one of the hardest problems in alternative seafood and one of the most valuable. Raw fish is judged entirely on texture and mouthfeel, with no cooking to hide behind, which makes it the benchmark the plant-based and cultivated seafood industry is measured against. Several companies are working on it seriously: plant-based tuna and salmon, cultivated fish cells, and … [Read more...] about altsushi.com
breadstarters.com
A starter is the living culture that makes sourdough work, and the community around it is unusually devoted. People name theirs, ship them across countries, and maintain them for decades. Some starters have documented lineages going back generations. That's a real market. Starter cultures, flour, banneton baskets, dutch ovens, scoring tools, courses, and books all sell into a … [Read more...] about breadstarters.com
altsteaks.com
The plural form, which matters for a retail or directory business. Singular names a concept; plural names a range of products you can browse. Alternative protein settled into a real industry after its hype cycle, and the hardest and most valuable problem in it remains the whole cut. Mince and nuggets are solved. A steak with the right structure, bite, and cooking behaviour is … [Read more...] about altsteaks.com
altsteak.com
Alternative protein went through a hype cycle and came out the other side as a real industry with real products, real factories, and a considerably more sober set of expectations. Cultivated meat, precision fermentation, and plant-based whole cuts are all still being built. Steak is the hardest problem in that field and therefore the most valuable one. Mince is solved. A whole … [Read more...] about altsteak.com
bakeoff.org
Bake-off is a format. Competition baking has become one of the most durable formats in television and one of the most reliable ways to get a community to show up for an event. Local shows, school fundraisers, county fairs, and corporate charity days all run them. The word also has a second life in technology, where a bake-off is a head-to-head comparison of competing products … [Read more...] about bakeoff.org
salumi.org
Salumi is the Italian word for cured meats, the whole category: prosciutto, coppa, soppressata, guanciale, the lot. It's used in English by anyone who takes the subject seriously, and it's the word on the menu at every restaurant that does. The craft has a genuine following. Home curers, small producers, protected designations, regional traditions with centuries behind them, … [Read more...] about salumi.org
montmorency.org
Montmorency is a name with three separate lives, and each one has a buyer. It's the tart cherry variety that dominates the sour cherry trade, sold as juice, dried fruit, and a sports recovery supplement with a genuine body of research behind it. It's also one of the great houses of French nobility, with a valley and a town north of Paris carrying the name. And it's Montmorency … [Read more...] about montmorency.org
balsamic.org
Balsamic is one of the few food words that has become a product category on its own. People say balsamic the way they say champagne, meaning a specific thing from a specific place with rules about how it's made. Those rules are the interesting part. Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale is a protected designation with a consortium behind it, a grading system, and producers in Modena … [Read more...] about balsamic.org
hotplate.org
Hot plate is two things at once: the piece of equipment, and the feeling of food that just arrived. Both readings are useful and they reinforce each other. The name works for a food publication, a recipe site, a supper club, a community kitchen, a meal delivery operation, or a restaurant guide. On the .org, the community readings come forward. Food banks, cooking programmes, … [Read more...] about hotplate.org