American Charcuterie by Victoria Wise

Victoria Wise, a former PhD student in philosophy, prepared the first supper at Berkeley's legendary Chez Panisse Restaurant in 1971. In 1973, she founded Pig-by-the-Tail, a charcuterie that helped establish Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto as a hotbed of culinary innovation and redefined the American deli. She sold Pig-by-the-Tail twelve years later to focus on her other passions: writing, gardening, and developing fresh home cooking recipes for her books while raising her son. She has written for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Williams-Sonoma Taste, and Food & Wine, and has thirteen culinary and gardening books to her credit. In 1986, she was nominated for the James Beard Cookbook of the Year award for her first book, American Charcuterie: Recipes from Pig-by-the-Tail. Victoria is a Californian who lives in Oakland.