Well we did it. We bought, stored, dressed and spit roasted a whole pig. Outcome? I wish I could remember parts of the evening better, but overall I’m pretty sure everyone had a blast. We bought the pig from an awesome new butcher shop in Berkeley called The Local Butcher Shop which sells things that [...]

Juicy, succulent, infused with flavors of sage, rosemary, and garlic topped with crispy, crunchy, and slightly charred skin, Porchetta is one of my favorite inexpensive one-pot go-to-meal. At just a little over a dollar a pound, 1 picnic shoulder of pork can easily serve 8 people with leftovers for a Porchetta sandwich the next day [...]

Dear Readers, we hope you appreciate the lengths we go to in order to bring you interesting stuff. Who else do you know that has cooked a whole PIG’S HEAD? Consider yourself fairly warned: the images below may be too graphic for some of you…read on at your own risk! How does one cook a [...]