
The first cut, breaking down a hog American style, photo by donna
What does artisan butcher mean? What does
artisan mean, for that matter?
I’m grateful to Abigail Blake, an American living, cooking, and
blogging on the island
Tortola, for her comment on my most recent mini-post:
I like this explanation from a 1913 Websters: “An artist is one who is skilled in one of the fine arts; an artisan is one who exercises any mechanical employment. A portrait painter is an artist; a sign painter is an artisan, although he may have the taste and skill of an artist. The occupation of the former requires a fine taste and delicate manipulation; that of the latter demands only an ordinary degree of contrivance and imitative power.”
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