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Meet our Prosciutto Style Hams
  • Jun 21, 2022
Meet our Prosciutto Style Hams

Meet our lineup of long aged, prosciutto style hams made with our 100% heritage breed pork!

Casella’s Prosciutto Speciale!
  • Jun 22, 2017
Casella’s Prosciutto Speciale!

We are so honored to be partners in the launch of Casella’s Prosciutto Speciale, a unique and delicious addition to the American food scene. Our heritage breed prosciutto is something special, or as The New York Times says “outstanding” — each one celebrates true American flavor. Casella’s follows a time-honored Italian recipe — happy, healthy […] The post Casella’s Prosciutto Speciale! appeared first on HERITAGE FOODS USA.

Heritage Magical Meat Tour Heads South: In Search of the Great Country Hams Part 4
  • May 19, 2017
Heritage Magical Meat Tour Heads South: In Search of the Great Country Hams Part 4

When the Heritage party arrived in Princeton, the rain had finally stopped and blue skies ruled the day.  All that was missing was a ham sandwich.... The post Heritage Magical Meat Tour Heads South: In Search of the Great Country Hams Part 4 appeared first on HERITAGE FOODS USA.

Heritage Magical Meat Tour Heads South: In Search of the Great Country Hams Part 3
  • May 19, 2017
Heritage Magical Meat Tour Heads South: In Search of the Great Country Hams Part 3

Newsom’s Old Mill Store was opened in 1917, and although it burned down and was rebuilt next door to the original locale, it doesn’t feel like much has changed. The poplar floor creeks like an ancient symphony, even the door whistles like a bluegrass concerto when it swings shut. Outside on the sidewalk, there are a dozen varieties of tomato plants for sale, and pretty much everything you might want for your garden. Inside, are every manner of beans and corn, and jars of country condiments, from Hot Chow Chow to Appalachian Piccallili.

Heritage Magical Meat Tour Heads South: In Search of the Great Country Hams Part 2
  • May 19, 2017
Heritage Magical Meat Tour Heads South: In Search of the Great Country Hams Part 2

wasn’t going to be easy to make a living curing hams.... so I wrote to everyone I could think of, anyone who could help, university professors, cooks, I wanted to hear everyone’s ideas, and I studied everything I could, but I could never improve on the recipe from the old smoke house behind the house I was born in — people really seemed to like it. At the beginning I was thinking about curing quickly, maybe one hour for a twelve-lb. ham – I thought if I was going to make it in this business I had to work very fast and quick-cure, which is what the business was. But my daddy told me ‘If you play the other guy’s game, you are always going to lose. Make it the best you can. Quality is what is going to sustain you.

Heritage Magical Meat Tour Heads South: In Search of the Great Country Hams Part 1
  • May 19, 2017
Heritage Magical Meat Tour Heads South: In Search of the Great Country Hams Part 1

It was teeming rain on the way from Nashville to Madisonville, Tennessee, the kind of rain that obscures the green, Smoky Mountains of Tennessee behind sheets of steam and fog and sounds like war drums on the roof of a rented car. It didn’t take much imagination to think we were driving through Skull Island, home of King Kong, or had somehow made a detour into the Heart of Darkness, a scene from Apocalypse Now.  The truth, however, was far more comforting: We were on a mission to see a King and Queen of country ham, Al Benton and Nancy Newsom.

CESARE CASELLA – OLD WORLD MEETS NEW, PART 2: THE LEGEND OF THE NORCINI
  • Apr 12, 2017
CESARE CASELLA – OLD WORLD MEETS NEW, PART 2: THE LEGEND OF THE NORCINI

News of the Heritage Foods partnership with master curemaster, chef, educator, and guru Cesare Casella has spread like wildfire — Cesare is a leader in the new movement for Heritage American charcuterie, and no one is more excited than, well, Cesare!

CESARE CASELLA – OLD WORLD MEETS NEW, PART 1
  • Apr 7, 2017
CESARE CASELLA – OLD WORLD MEETS NEW, PART 1

One of the most exciting things happening here at Heritage in the New Year is our newly-forged relationship with Cesare Casella, master Michelin-starred chef, the Dean of Italian Studies at the International Culinary Center and celebrated restaurateur.... The post CESARE CASELLA – OLD WORLD MEETS NEW, PART 1 appeared first on HERITAGE FOODS USA.