Praise The Lard: Beyond Bacon Review

An amazing Paleo cookbook that convinced us to buy and cook all parts of a pig. Yep, we're going whole hog! One of the best (and prettiest) cookbooks you'll find.

An amazing Paleo cookbook that convinced us to buy and cook all parts of a pig. Yep, we’re going whole hog! One of the best (and prettiest) cookbooks you’ll find.

About 15 months ago my husband and I purchased a large chest freezer and headed out to the Virginia countryside to a local farm where we purchased a grass-fed cow. Actually, we ordered a quarter of a pastured cow. That lasted us for more than 12 months. Now we are considering our next move, and we’ve been seriously thinking about pig. Yep, a whole frickin’ pig.

We love bacon…I mean pork. But my experience with cooking pork is limited to bacon, sausage, bacon-flavored bacon, Canadian bacon, pork chops, and of course bacon.

When it comes to pork, my cooking skills are seriously lacking. Read More