Velvet // Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada As far as the world was concerned, we adherents of the Worldwide Church of…
An Evolution of Jewish Breakfast Culture
Marc Goldfeder // Tucson, AZ Non-observant Jewish boy who eats pork meets semi-observant Jewish girl who observes some dietary laws,…
Belly to Belly, It Doesn’t Matter Really
Robyn Metcalfe // Austin, Texas I began following pork bellies about a year ago. As a former pig farmer, I…
Packing Away Pigs
Avital Muth // Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine After almost a year apart from Amit, my Israeli boyfriend, spent mostly on Skype or…
How to Commit Poetic Justice on a Slab of Pig
Carolyn Phillips // Los Altos, CA Dongpo Pork is something that few restaurants in the West serve simply because the…
Ham Enters The Soul in Pre-War Germany
Yoni Ploni // Arizona I was a child in a large town in Germany before the Second World War, when…
Pork Chops: Deception
Editor’s Note: When it comes to cultural taboos, there are always those who find a way around them. This is…
The Essence of the Free Range Pig
Jim Cotten // Silver Creek, GA I have been raising grass-fed beef for about five years and am continually trying…
Tears of BBQ Sauce
Jordan Aaron // New York, NY As a young and innocent nine-year-old, my older brothers and de-facto babysitters decided to…
Middle Eastern Pork Geopolitics
Cathy Codoyannis // Brooklyn, NY Being half-Filipino, pork has always been a staple in my diet. Some girls fantasize about…