In 1972, the late James Beard–that celebrated chef and cookbook author, whose foundation bestows the coveted annual awards for culinary excellence–declared about the pig roast: “…They provide one of ...

My suckling-pig obsession began, as so many of my cooking projects do, while casually perusing the “Pork” section of James Beard’s book American Cookery. It was November 2012, and in the course of ...

A pig and a pit equals a party. — Whether you call it a pig roast, a pig pickin?, a hog roast, a luau or in Spanish, a lechon, a whole roasted pig not only feeds a crowd, it does so in an ...

Roasting a pig in your backyard is easier than you might think. There are a few good local sources for buying a whole pig: At Hemlock Hill Farm in Cortlandt Manor, you’ll pay about $2.49 per pound ...

· A pig roast is like a big party where you get to be part Boy Scout, part caveman. You can't do it by yourself, and that's the beauty of it. You're sitting in lawn chairs, telling stories, and ...

We are all familiar with the term "living high off the hog!" I hail from South Louisiana where the term is often used to describe a group of friends who have gathered to roast a pig and sip a few cold ...

There are two main things you need to throw a proper backyard Caja China: time and friends. Slow-roasting a pig is "intentionally inefficient," says Ricardo Barreras, Miami expat, owner and executive ...

I’ve been getting a lot of email requests lately, asking how people can throw their own pig roast. I just realized with July 4th weekend ahead, everyone wants to have their own “Pig & Pinot” party ...

Many who walked past the yet-to-be-roasted pig at the Kutztown Folk Festival turned around. One or two thought the roughly 150-pound pig was fake, others used it as a teaching opportunity. “That’s ...

Pickin-4-Troops, a pig roast fundraiser benefiting MD-DE-DC Elks veterans’ Elks Welcome Home Program, Army of Hope and Fisher House, was held Saturday at the Broadneck Elks Lodge #2608. Pig roaster ...