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Meat

Colonnata Lard

As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.

A cudighi sandwich from Lawry's Pasty Shop.

Cudighi

Sandwiches stuffed with wine-and-cinnamon-spiced sausage have been a specialty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula since 1936.

For centuries, Japanese people considered eating beef especially taboo.

Why Eating Meat Was Banned in Japan for Centuries

The reasons were both religious and practical.

Kristi Allen March 26, 2019

Turtle Sauce Picante

This smoky, spicy dish comes straight out of Cajun country.

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Zelionyj Bazaar

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

Çiğ Köfte

Turkish legends trace these raw meatballs to the time of the prophet Abraham.

When carving a boar's head, start with the cheek.

objects of intrigue

The Handy Playing Cards That Taught 17th-Century Cooks to Carve Meat Like a Pro

The decks suggested proper technique, and were a path to class mobility.

Jessica Leigh Hester February 6, 2019

Kibbeh Nayyeh

This raw meat meze from Lebanon is as fresh as it gets.

Trail Bologna

Typically made with pork, bologna gets the all-beef treatment in a tiny Ohio town.

Chicken feet are just one part of an international wrangle over poultry imports.

Why China and America Fight Over Chicken Feet

International squabbles have stopped a once-mighty chicken foot trade.

Kristi Allen January 28, 2019

Tanjia

This meat dish slow-cooks in the embers that heat Moroccan bathhouses.

Drob de Miel

This haggis-meatloaf mashup is a Romanian Easter classic.

The monument.

Wrocław, Poland

Monument In Honor of the Slaughtered Animals

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

Colorful batter ups the realism factor.

The Historians Cooking Up Mythical Beasts

Making a cokentryce calls for needle, thread, and a lot of meat.

Anne Ewbank November 27, 2018

Trump Sandwich

In the wake of the 2016 American presidential election, political satire entered the local deli.

Basashi

The Japanese city of Kumamoto specializes in “cherry blossom meat.”

We now know what the missing teeth would have looked like at the front of this jaw.

We Always Thought This Dinosaur Was a Vegetarian, Then We Found Its Front Teeth

A sharp surprise from Montana's Hell Creek.

Matthew Taub October 26, 2018

Butelo e Casulas

Before Lent, residents of Trás-os-Montes indulge in a pairing of stuffed pork stomach and bean pods.