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Is there anywhere I can buy guanciale in Seattle?

Back in November, I found this recipe (http://www.salon.com/food/feature/2010/11/10/guanciale_bucatini_all_amatriciana_ext2010) and wanted to try it, but was unable to find the key ingredient, guanciale. I ended up just making do with pancetta, and it was delicious, but I still want to experience "tender meat and a silky lipid of smoke and salt that informs but doesn't overwhelm any soup or sauce." Mmmmmmmmmm.

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    Salumi's website says they make it, and they have a special order form. It looks like the minimum special order purchase is 1 lb.

    Alternatively, you could go down to their storefront in Pioneer Square, but you'll supposedly have to wait in a long line. Metropolitan Market also carries Salumi products and otherwise stocks a decent selection of cured meats.

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    I buy mine from either Seabreeze at the Ballard Farmers Market or Heath Putnam's Wooly Pigs at the University District Farmers Market. Heath's pigs are Mangalitsa which means "delicious in the mouth" in a language I just made up.

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    Call Metropolitan Market. They carry Salumi products and I've seen them with it before. If they don't, call DeLaurenti in Pike Place Market. They may not have Salumi made product, but they will probably carry at least one version.

    Heath Putnam makes it from his Mangalista, but he no longer sells at the Farmers Market. You can get his products at Chef Shop locally though.

    If all that fails, it's pretty simple to make your own if you can source pork jowls.

    Finally, that's a poorly written article. Pancetta is almost never smoked (it implies that it is smoked in the article). And I've never seen smoked guanciale anywhere.

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    I'd make my own from Mangalitsa jowls (available at Chef Shop in Seattle's Interbay) or order some Mangalitsa guanciale from Salumeria Biellese in New York City.

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