rose gold “The salami rose is a very controversial charcuterie trend,” Dibble says. Clearly, judging by this holiday board, she’s on the pro–meat flower side of the debate.
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rika Dibble wasn’t the first to broadcast her grazing board creations on social media, and she won’t be the last. But in the wide world of charcuterie Instagram, the Saratogian may just be the meat-and-cheese influencer with the most personality—a fact that helped her @saratogagrazingco account crest 100K followers earlier this year. “I was just myself and very weird,” she says of her personality-driven reels. “And people were like ‘Yes, she’s like me. She’s weird, too.’” If you’ve been living under a block of Beaufort and aren’t up on the latest happenings in the coagulated milk-meets-social media scene, charcuterie boards have taken up residence in one quirky corner of Instagram and TikTok dedicated to those who find satisfaction in a perfectly plated parmesan or expertly carved wheel of brie—often carved into Christmas tree shapes and paired with all sorts of festival holiday goodies this time of year.
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And once your algorithm catches on to your double-tapping tendencies, get ready for more—much more. “The salami rose is a very controversial charcuterie trend,” she continues. And that’s not to mention the polarizing butter boards—a trend in which Dibble vows never to dabble—that involve dipping bread into copious amounts of butter and toppings spread on a wooden board. She does however venture into the realms of veggie-filled crudités boards, cookie-clad goodie boards and bread-heavy carb boards, as well as the hot chocolate boards that are extra hot this time of year. “During the holidays you’ll see people make charcuterie chalets”—gingerbread houselike structures made of charcuterie. “I call them meat huts.” While keeping up with a wildly successful Instagram account requires staying hip to all the trends and creating a steady stream of content to feed the insatiable social media beast, running a wildly successful grazing board business is no walk in the park, either. On the day before Thanksgiving 2021, Dibble singlehandedly constructed 43 boards, and counts a 12-foot grazing table among her most impressive feats. ”It was
