When I first gazed upon the charcuterie counter at my local butcher shop, I was quite hazy about the differences between the pâtés, rillettes, mousses and terrines on display. They all looked like...

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...

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...

When I was looking for a rillettes recipe, I also came across three other R words that I’d never heard of before: rillons, rillauds and rillots. I investigated these terms and decided to write a...

After I had my first batch of rillettes in the fridge, I wondered how to eat them besides spooning them directly into my mouth. I did a little research and decided to share that with you by writing a...

After I made rillettes for the first time, I ended up with a large dish of them in the back of the fridge and started to wonder how long they last. Since I didn’t know, I did some research and...