Ready to move beyond the cheese board at your next dinner party? Give guests their choice of America's best charcuterie—in a mix of flavors and textures—and save the cooking for later

Cured Meats

Speck: Olli Salumeria, Manakin, VA

Imagine prosciutto that took a trip to Northern Italy, spent a few hours in a smokehouse, and got dusted with pepper. $11 for 4 oz., sliced; murrayscheese.com Mocetta (Bresaola Piccola): Creminelli Prime Meats, Salt Lake City

Think of bresaola—paper-thin air-dried beef—as jerky with an Italian accent. $75 for 2.2 lb.; creminelli.com

Pâté

House-Made Rabbit Pâté: Formaggio Kitchen, Cambridge, MA

It's hard not to like rabbit when it's combined with pancetta, Madeira, and pistachios and then wrapped in prosciutto. $13 for 1/2 lb.; formaggiokitchen.com

Cured Sausage

Chorizo Navarre: Olympic Provisions, Portland, OR

Spanish chorizo (don't confuse it with the fresh Mexican variety) gets its fiery red color from smoked paprika and cayenne. $10 for about 6 oz.; olympicprovisions.com Finochietta: Salumeria Biellese, NYC

Classic Tuscan salami (flavored with both fennel seed and fennel pollen) from a legendary maker. $15 for 1 lb.; salumeriabiellese.com

Spreads

Nduja: Boccalone, San Francisco

The idea of soft, spicy salami may sound odd, but slathered on warm bread, this Calabrian-style paste will no doubt become your latest addiction. $24 for about 8 oz.; boccalone.com Iowa White Spread: La Quercia, Norwalk, IA

An unctuous blend of cured prosciutto fat, ground coriander, rosemary, and bay leaf. If butter went to heaven, this is what it would taste like. $10 for 1 lb.; laquercia.us

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