WE LOVE FRIED PORK RINDS for their crunch, but it’s worth getting to know their softer side, too. In his second Slow Food Fast recipe, Houston chef Hugo Ortega calls for simmering the savory snack, ...

If there aren’t any deviled eggs at a cocktail party, did the party really happen? I have a friend who is adamant that a celebration is not a celebration without a platter of deviled eggs. And she isn ...

Craving chicharron but want to cut down on the calories or try a vegetarian version? Comedian and restauranteur Alex Carabaño has shared his exquisite plant-based chicharron recipe from the menu of ...

Sometimes when I make a grilled cheese sandwich, I deliberately load the bread with far more cheese than it can handle, knowing full well that as the sandwich cooks, the cheddar or Emmentaler will ...

Did you all watch the Super Bowl this past Sunday? Well, you probably did, and here’s hoping that your team won (since I’m writing this prior to the big game, it’s all a mystery to me). Sunday wasn’t ...

Many people might know chicharrónes as a dried snack food — pork rinds. But in Latin cuisine, they also are fried chunks of pork that, in this dish, add a touch of decadence and crispy texture to ...

Nothing soaks up a few rounds of cocktails better than salty, spicy deep-fried pork skin (aka chicharrón). And you’d be hard pressed to find a better version of the savory snack than at Brooklyn’s ...

Chicharrones are a meatier and classier variation of pork scratchings. This Cádiz version is made by slow-roasting belly of pork, chopping it up and serving it with lots of freshly squeezed lemon ...

Crunchy chicharrones are ideal for soaking up bright tomatillo salsa, taking on an ultimate crispy-gone-soggy chewy texture. Every brand of chicharrones is different, sopping up more or less of the ...

In the U.S., chicharrón typically means pork rinds - and possibly pork cracklings or the crispy skin on pork belly. But it's one of Mexico's most versatile foods, eaten alone, in tacos, in stews or in ...