Grilled Radicchio and Fig Salad

Late summer salad- Grilled Radicchio, Fig and Almond Salad with Pecorino and Balsamic Vinegar

Sauerkraut

Massaging the salt and cabbage. 

Stomping the cabbage and salt with an improvised stomper (rolling pin).

Perfect Pickler Apparatus

Salted pork belly

Salted, cured for 7 days...

And used to make

New England Baked Beans

Fennel, Celery and Lemon Salad

Umeboshi

Salted plums and resulting vinegar.