I first learned about salt pork vs bacon many, many years ago from my grandmother. She had a long history of cooking hearty meals from scratch. Whether she was simmering collard greens or making ...

Before moving to Maine, I did not eat pork. Growing up, my mother had said it wasn’t a ‘healthy’ animal to consume, and for ...

If you've ever thumbed through a collection of Southern recipes, you probably noticed that a lot of them call for salt pork or fatback. Despite the fact that both cuts are simply fatty pieces of pork, ...

Yes, it’s a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition that we all follow, but it’s important to know its history. (It’s also fun.) So here’s why we eat pork and sauerkraut as well as other good-luck foods. Like ...