I’m really not as obsessed with pork as some recent WanderFood posts might suggest (like here and here). Still, I can’t think about New Year’s Eve without remembering a particular holiday porkfest – when my husband decided to ring in the New Year by roasting a whole pig. I’ve told this story often, but if […]
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WanderFood Wednesday: Pulled Pork Pancakes
Is meat an essential ingredient in pancakes? I never thought so. But that was before I met up with pulled pork pancakes. Here’s the scene: It’s noontime on a Saturday at The Red Wagon, a grunge-hip storefront in a former pho joint, on a jaggedly gentrifying, East Vancouver grunge-hip block. An eclectic mix of diners […]
WanderFood Wednesday: On the Lechón Trail, Puerto Rico’s Roast Pork Highway
It’s pouring rain — a rushing-through-the-downspouts, whipping-down-the-palm-leaves, rainforest rain. We dash out of our rental car and duck under the tin canopy of a modest roadside stand, where the downpour rat-ta-tat-tats like a snare drum on the metal roof. Our nine-year-old twins Michaela and Talia are laughing and shaking off like puppies, when we all […]