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salami

[suh-lah-mee] / səˈlɑ mi /


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An arbitration panel ruled in his favor, and awarded him a whopping $4.25 million in a case that’s become known as “the salami incident.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

"I'm going to make pigs in blankets but wrap them in salami instead of bacon, and we'll add a couple of Yorkshire puddings," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

For meat, a classic hard salami and a thinner meat like prosciutto should do.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025

Vachon, who long taught a class on charcuterie — “we do pâtés, terrines,” he said — was particularly proud of the dry-aging refrigerators, where salami hung.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025

On New Year’s Eve, as a matter of tradition, she’d buy a special hors d’oeuvre basket, the kind that came filled with blocks of cheese, smoked oysters in a tin, and different kinds of salami.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

This trio showcases three of their standout dry-aged salamis, each one worthy of its own moment.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

Inventory management was a serious issue, our backpacks stuffed with first-aid kits, bread and salamis, just like in the game.

From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2021

It is these that give salamis, bacons and cooked hams their alluring pink colour.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2018

A scrapbook on display at the deli shows photos of other famous visitors - including Robert DeNiro and Hillary Clinton - chowing down and posing with enormous hunks of cheese and whole salamis.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2016

“I have the passion of cooking, pickling, curing salamis, sausage, making wine in the fall. This is my life. I do this with my friends. It’s to my heart.”

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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