Velvet // Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada As far as the world was concerned, we adherents of the Worldwide Church of…

Marc Goldfeder // Tucson, AZ Non-observant Jewish boy who eats pork meets semi-observant Jewish girl who observes some dietary laws,…

Robyn Metcalfe // Austin, Texas I began following pork bellies about a year ago. As a former pig farmer, I…

Avital Muth // Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine After almost a year apart from Amit, my Israeli boyfriend, spent mostly on Skype or…

Carolyn Phillips // Los Altos, CA Dongpo Pork is something that few restaurants in the West serve simply because the…

Yoni Ploni // Arizona I was a child in a large town in Germany before the Second World War, when…

Editor’s Note: When it comes to cultural taboos, there are always those who find a way around them. This is…

Jim Cotten // Silver Creek, GA I have been raising grass-fed beef for about five years and am continually trying…

Jordan Aaron // New York, NY As a young and innocent nine-year-old, my older brothers and de-facto babysitters decided to…

Cathy Codoyannis // Brooklyn, NY Being half-Filipino, pork has always been a staple in my diet. Some girls fantasize about…