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link to Is Pâté Safe During Pregnancy? What the Studies & Food Safety Experts Say

Is Pâté Safe During Pregnancy? What the Studies & Food Safety Experts Say

While I was researching pâté, I kept seeing recommendations for pregnant ladies to avoid this food and I wanted to know why. There are many articles that say don’t eat pâté while pregnant and...

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link to Does Pâté Have Listeria & What the Studies Say about Pâté and Listeria

Does Pâté Have Listeria & What the Studies Say about Pâté and Listeria

While I was investigating pâté, I came across the question of whether pâté has listeria and I wondered if that was a big concern and if it was a concern, was it a concern for most people? So, I...

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link to Is Confit Cooking Healthy? The Pros, Cons & Alternatives

Is Confit Cooking Healthy? The Pros, Cons & Alternatives

Since confit is cooked entirely in fat—usually animal fat—people wonder if confit cooking is healthy. It’s definitely delicious but I wanted to do a little research to answer this question and...

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link to Is Forcemeat Healthy? 16 Answers According to Popular Diets

Is Forcemeat Healthy? 16 Answers According to Popular Diets

One of the questions I saw when I was researching forcemeat was asking whether forcemeat is healthy. But since “healthy” is such a hotly debated topic, I wanted to ask the question in the context...

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link to 8 Reasons to Eat Rillettes on Keto, Carnivore or Zero Carb

8 Reasons to Eat Rillettes on Keto, Carnivore or Zero Carb

As I was munching on some fatty rillettes, I thought about it being a perfect food for folks on low carb and/or no plant diets such as keto, carnivore and Zero Carb. For this article, I came up with...

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link to Eating Rillettes While Pregnant? Know the Evidence Against

Eating Rillettes While Pregnant? Know the Evidence Against

While I was researching rillettes, I saw a few references about how pregnant ladies should avoid eating rillettes. I thought that was a highly specific recommendation (since rillettes aren’t even...

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About me

Hi, I’m Andrea Bassett. A couple years ago, I shifted to eating foods primarily from the animal kingdom and I lost my mojo in the kitchen. Then I “discovered” pâtés, forcemeats and the charcuterie counter at my local butcher shop. As I learned about and made terrines, pâtés, rillettes, etc., I got my kitchen mojo back. I created this website to share what I’m learning about forcemeat and other delights from the French country kitchen!

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