So you've loaded your fridge up with fresh, healthy veggies from your CSA share? There's no better way to balance things out than with an Artisan Meat Share from Cypress. Once a year, during special holidays, you stop by the restaurant and pick up a brown paper sack holding eight to 10 vacuum-sealed packages of snout-to-tail delights. It's the handiwork of Chef Craig Deihl and team, perhaps the city's most passionate proponents of artisanal charcuterie made from local pasture-raised pork and beef. Each quarter's selection features cured sausages (salami, sopressata, bresaola), smoked meats (everything from "city ham" to beef jerky), and cooked treats (head cheese, pork liver mousse, rillettes). There's even the occasional tub of savory spread like pork butter and lamb jam or a little lagniappe like a sack of crispy pork rinds. A handy user's guide accompanies each share, providing serving suggestions, wine pairings, and a description of each item. With a refrigerator full of handcrafted sausages, pâtés, and more, you'll be ready to wow cocktail party guests at a moment's notice. —Robert Moss