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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pork rinds are proof that cooking odd animal parts can be entertaining. You know pork rinds -- those salty, high-protein snacks that are made from, well, from pig skin. Sometimes they're called ...