There are some Southern staples that tend to split the room: grits, okra, collard greens, sausage and gravy, pigs' feet and deviled eggs. The list even includes chitterlings, also known as chitlins, ...

But for my colleague Calvin, who seemed under a culinary curse at the time, I worried he might discover another allergy or maybe worse – that he couldn’t hold it down in front of our host.

The art of raising pigs begins with a strong foundation in the basics, including background knowledge in the terminology used to describe pigs and what different pig sounds usually indicate your ...