January 19, 2010
Talk of the South
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Pine Street Market owner Rusty Bowers (left) ages his coppa (right) for four to five months and spices it with black pepper, garlic, and chilies.
Photos by Amy Herr Photography
Good Eats
The Cure for What Ails You
When it comes to meat these days, the South has a lot more to offer than just barbecue, thanks to a renewed interest among chefs in the joys of charcuterie. In New Orleans, for example, there’s Cochon Butcher, Chef Donald Link’s recently opened retail shop, offering up house made sausages and salumi. Chef Craig Deihl of Charleston’s Cypress restaurant has begun his own local Artisan Meat Share program. And in Atlanta, the new Pine Street Market is fast becoming a favorite with its impressive selection of house-cured meats, from tissue-thin coppa and delicately spiced pancetta to European-style sausages. And the best part, courtesy of the Internet, is you don’t even have to be in Atlanta to get a taste.
Pine Street’s owners are the husband-and-wife team of Rusty and Travis Bowers, food lovers with salumi knowledge and Southern charm to spare. (He trained at the Culinary Institute of America; she runs their wildly popular farmers’ market table.) Just launched is their meat-of-the-month club, which features exclusive creations like roasted poblano sausage, salami with black truffles, or Pinot Grigio-infused sopressata. Oh yes, and a pound of divine applewood-smoked bacon to boot. Now that’s our kind of care package.
