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- 1Culatello: the hobbyist meat curers chasing Italy's prized ham●How I learned to stop worrying and love the culatello When I met Scott Lem — a hobbyist charcutier, or meat curer — at h
A Los Angeles Times food newsletter piece profiles Scott Lem, a hobbyist charcutier curing culatello, the prized Italian pork cut, in a small makeshift prep space in South Pasadena. The writer arrived with 'a million questions' about the craft, and the piece walks readers through home meat curing, its patience and rewards.