Chef Martin Picard coaxes a molten mass of mashed potatoes laced with white cheese curds and cream onto a platter, tops it with a stuffed pig’s foot sautéed in a gallon of butter, and finishes ...

This week begins a 2-part series on eating a pig’s head. A few weeks ago, a woman overheard me chatting with my butcher in the market about pig’s head and asked me what I was going to do with it.