"notbob" > wrote
>
> I was watching an old episode of Bourdain's No Reservations and he was
> plugging the Ruhlman/Polcyn book, Charcuterie. I read the review for
> it on Amazon and many folks gave it a bad review cuz it heavily
> promotes the use of nitrates. Apparently, the Kutas book does not.
> So, I was thinking of buying the Kutas book, but not if it doesn't
> cover cold smoking.
>
> nb

That is because most people that cold smoke use nitrates. There are other
methods, but you need much more care and conditions are more critical than
no nitrate curing.