The pleasures of the pig are not embodied by bacon alone (nor made only by the skillet used to fry it). Consider your slow cooker. While it might not be the cradle of bacon, it's certainly a ...

When I go grocery shopping, I always look for pig feet. In the sea of unrecognizably standard-looking cuts of animal muscles at grocery stores — disk-shaped loins, round humps of pork butt — trotters ...

A great pulled pork recipe is a summer barbecue essential. Even better is one that’s nearly effortless to prepare in a slow cooker (i.e., this one) but which produces smoky, tangy, sweet ...

Sometimes low and slow is the way to go. Spending all day at the stove isn’t always realistic, or even necessary, especially when you have a slow-cooker to do the heavy lifting. The beloved kitchen ...

These dishes require a little fuss now for a big payoff later. By Margaux Laskey The humble slow cooker may never be the showstopping star of the culinary appliance show, but for many busy cooks, it ...

Serve the pulled pork with coleslaw and pickles, or mound it on hamburger buns and top with coleslaw and thinly sliced onion and dill pickles. Pulled pork relies on both the vinegar's acidity and the ...