To butcher a pork shoulder is to be forcibly reminded that this is the shoulder of a large mammal, made up of distinct groups of muscles with a purpose quite apart from feeding me. The work itself gives me a keener interest in the story of the hog: where it came from and how it found its way to my kitchen.

Even if you don't think you can cook well, you can cook better than the food industry.

It's the embrace of corn-based ethanol that has driven up all food prices. It's not making agriculture more sustainable.

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