Every Tuesday I answer a question from a Good Food listener. You can email me a question, leave one on Facebook or add one in the comments section here. This week’s question comes from Lettycia:

I podcast your show Good Food every week and it’s inspired me to start cooking more! I’m getting better and better at it, and have found a couple of cookbooks (especially Alice Waters’s The Art of Simple Food) to be so helpful and really informative in helping me to understand what happens/what works best when you mix ingredients …

If you ever wanted to try making your own charcuterie but were reluctant to start without a class or community to help you along, now’s your chance.  Started by bloggers Mrs. Wheelbarrow and The Yummy Mummy I first heard of #Charcutepalooza on Twitter where I follow Michael Ruhlman (@ruhlman).  Michael’s a wonderfully intelligent writer on many things culinary, one of which is his book, (now backordered) Charcuterie.  #Charcutepalooza is a yearlong experience of monthly  ”challenges” using Michael’s book as a text.  You have time to jump in for the …

If you don’t already have an iphone here’s a good reason to get one.  Michael Ruhlman has just submitted a Ratio app for approval to the store.  Oh man, I’m chomping at the bit to get at that one!