Better Burgers

Burgers are a favorite for me. And it's a drag going to a restaurant only to get a store-bought bun that's not just boring but it's soggy. Worse, when the burger looks less like chopped steak than greying mystery meat. Since the previous time "going...

Dans tout cochon réside un poète (in every pig resides a poet)

Yes, pigs – or pork – can have poetry, at least when done in the right pot. I spent the last few days exploring the rich satisfaction often found in dishes made with pork.   First came pork tamales, a pre-Colombian delicacy of steamy corn masa, that...