Section 05 of 06 · 4 guides

The Market

Cheese, charcuterie, fish and bread — the trades. Every entry says what the technique or the dish is FOR before it says how it is done, and where households disagree it says so.

Filled preserving jars cooling on a cloth — FIG. 01A shelf of jars is a season held still — salt, sugar, fat and acid each leave their own mark on what they keep.

5.1
Cheese at the right moment

Affinage is a trade. A cheese sold two weeks early is a different food.
5.2
Charcuterie is preservation

Every item on the board began as a way of keeping a pig through winter.
5.3
Buying fish

What to look at, in order, and why the smell tells you least.
5.4
Bread and the baker

Why the same flour and water gives a different loaf in two shops.

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The Market

Cheese at the right moment

Charcuterie is preservation

Buying fish

Bread and the baker