Watch Mario Batali Talk Charcuterie at LA's Chi Spacca

Here's a video by Nowness that takes a look at the how charcuterie is made at chef Mario Batali's recently opened Los Angeles restaurant Chi Spacca. Chi Spacca is co-owned by Batali, Joe Bastianich, and Nancy Silverton, and is an offshoot of their neighboring restaurant Osteria Mozza. In the video, Batali explains the goal of Chi Spacca is to "celebrat[e] the art of butchery." Head chef Chad Colby tackles the middle of a Red Wattle pig on camera, and takes the viewer into the racks of curing meats. Batali discusses the difficulty of curing: "You can teach someone to grill a steak in about an hour. But to teach people how to cure their own meats ... you really have to try it for a while and then you have to wait about 300 days and then you have to see if you messed up or not." Below, cured foods galore.

Video: Mario's Meats

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