I hope you had a nice relaxing weekend filled with family and friends. I’m still editing my next Sacramento post, so here are a few top quality links for you to check out as I tweak and re-write:

Over at the always fabulous Serious Eats Chichi Wang tackles the snout.

Also at Serious Eats is an in-depth, even handed piece on the true evils of foie gras. The verdict? Foie production isn’t evil at all. An excellent read.

One of my favorite blogs has a new post up on making the delectable Roast Bone Marrow and Parsley salad.

I can’t stay away from snouts! Meet the Nasone.

The Butcher’s Apprentice makes guanciale.

Gastronomical Me visits the St. John’s bakery and tells all!

Nowness.com has an exclusive recipe from Mr. Henderson up on their site. Roast Partridge? Yes please!