A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to work with chef Brian Polcyn. If you aren’t familiar with him, he is the author of the books Charcuterie and Salumi with Michael Ruhlman. He is also the chef at The Forest Grill and the charcuterie instructor at Schoolcraft College in Michigan. When I heard he was holding a 2 day charcuterie class here in Maryland, I made sure to secure a spot in the class. Big thanks to Vic at http://www.curedcuisine.com/ for arranging the class and http://www.marraforni.com/ for hosing us at their place. Here is some of what we worked on: