You may have eaten charcuterie and not even realized it.
Charcuterie, pronounced shar-CUTE-er-ee, is the French word for the process of curing and preserving meats.
So hot dogs, salami, pepperoni and your everyday breakfast sausage and bacon fall into that category.
But so many other meats, even seafood, can be made into charcuterie. As the trend grows, many cookbooks have started to offer recipes for curing meat and making sausage at home.
And it's likely that you have seen the foods on menus at your favorite restaurant as chefs rediscover the old-world techniques.
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