Carol Dotterwick of Barre Mills is helping us again, with a recipe for slow cooker pork hocks to which she has added a suggestion for a variation. Karen Vick shared a recipe for lentil soup that ...

Kurobuta, which is also known as Berkshire pork, means “black pig” in Japanese. The pig is black with six white points: feet, face and switch (the last few inches of the tail). It has shorter muscle ...

I’ve cooked this dish using ham hocks, because they are often easier to find, but you can do the same thing using fresh or pickled pork knuckles. Each has its own nuances (I prefer pickled), but ...