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Cooking Tip: Quick Brine for Pork Chops

Brines work by breaking down some of the muscle tissue and helping the meat to draw in moisture. On large cuts like Faith's corned beef, this process can take several hours or days. But on small cuts,...

Recipe: Simple Rosemary-Rubbed Pork Chops

Here's a quick and easy recipe for grilled pork chops, in time for our second week of Meat/Un-Meat coverage. Now and then when I'm too tired to cook anything too labor-intensive, I'll pick up some p...

What's the Difference? Bacon, Pancetta, and Prosciutto

These three pork products look alike, taste somewhat similar, and even get regularly substituted for each other. It's no wonder we get them confused! In actuality, they have very distinctive character...

Less Meat, More Flavor: Salt Pork

Salt pork has always seemed a very old-fashioned American ingredient; we think of Little House on the Prairie and other stories of pioneers with only long-lasting salt pork to give a little meaty flav...

Easy Appetizer Template: Jam + Pork + Cheese

A good appetizer can be hard to find. We get tired of dips. And creating tiny, individual, stuffed somethings is time-consuming. We're always looking for a dish that's easy and crowd-pleasing, and we ...

Recipe: Braised Summer Pork Shank (Adaptable For Any Season)

A friend came over one day last week with a frozen pork shank from Flying Pigs Farm and dropped it on the butcher block with a thud. "What do I do with this?" she asked, "it's been in the freezer fo...

Marin Sun Farms

One of our favorite vendors at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market is Marin Sun Farms. Marin Sun is a local family farm in Marin County, California that raises organic, grass-fed cattle, pigs, goat, lamb...

Meat CSA's in the San Francisco Bay Area

We love CSA's because we believe in supporting our local farmers and we love getting fresh produce delivered to us direct from the farmer. Now, those of us in most Bay Area locations can have local m...

Online Sources for Sustainable Easter Ham

With Easter coming up, we've started thinking about where to buy Easter ham from sustainable-raised pigs. We did some research and found several farms that raise their pigs without hormones or drugs,...

Winter Cooking: Apples, Cabbage, and Pork Chops

We know. It's not exactly apple season. Apple season is Fall, with its apple picking and apple crumbles and general apple-y-ness. But if you take a walk through any New York City greenmarket these d...

Good Beef: How to Find Local Meat

We were sobered by last weekend's massive beef recall and strengthened in our resolve to be very careful where we buy our meat. We are cooking a big beef curry this weekend for some friends and we are...

Fragrant Cinnamon Pork and Pears Poached in Red Wine: Recipes from Spices of Life

Are you staying in for Valentine's Day? Maybe making a dreamy meal in the kitchen for your sweetheart? We'd like to encourage you to stay in instead of going out; look for a great incentive and ligh...

Recipe Review: Mark Bittman's Pernil Pork Roast

We enjoyed last week's New York Times Dining section a lot. The recipes were tantalizing, the photos were appetizing, and they had Harold McGee guest writing again. The Minimalist's recipe for Perni...

New Year's Day Recipes: Hoppin' John and Plenty of Pork

What are you cooking on New Year's Day? My mom always serves pork. Somewhere along the way, she picked up this idea that if you eat chicken on the first day of January "you'll scratch and scratch all...