Whether you’re out at a restaurant or perusing the deli section to find fixings for a charcuterie board for your next book club, party, or girls’ night, it can be difficult to distinguish one meat ...

According to Joe Stracci, part-time salami slinger at Marbled Meat Shop in Cold Spring, gabagool is another name for capicola, an Italian cured meat that combines the Italian words for head (capo) and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Can you say "capicola?" On Staten Island, one might hear the word for the Italian, dry-cured ham called out as "Gobba-Goal." But Italian speakers typically forgo the "G" sound ...

Capicola and ham are two different types of cured, processed deli meat that differ in their curing process. Technically speaking, capicola is a type of ham, but it's processed in a way that makes it ...

Despite what you might see at the grocery store or at your nearest sandwich shop, there are a lot of under-the-radar deli meat options out there. Just the pork protein alone has so many different ways ...

More than a few Christmases ago, I was faced with the daunting task of assembling an antipasto tray for dinner after my grocer had switched its delicatessen selection from Columbus brand (medium, okay ...

Everybody knows about salami, prosciutto, and bologna. The staples of the great Italian-American meat and cheese counter have become as well-known as Extra Virgin Olive Oil thanks to over-priced ...