It's a New Year's staple in the South. If you’ve ever wondered why those New Year’s black-eyed peas and collard greens taste so good, it’s because of hog jowl. Usually a lump of inexpensive ...

Smoked pork jowl from the Burgers' Smokehouse: I think this stuff has been one of the big sleeper/surprise hits of the first couple months of our post-book release bacon work this year.

Black-eyed pea soup with corn bread. I’d never had smoked pork jowl until I’d ordered what I thought was pork hocks from Third Way Farm, a local Maryland farm, and got jowl instead.

Check out this winter slow-cook special: a super tasty Spanish-style pork jowl - from the kitchen of Bomba's Jesse Gerner - Heat a splash of oil in a saucepan and add the onion, celery ...

And don't skip pork — especially if pork jowl is on the menu. There's no shortage of options at a Korean barbecue restaurant. Should you go for the short rib or the brisket? What about ribeye ...