Proper pulled pork demands respect. It's comforting and feeds a crowd. People travel miles to eat it when it's prepared by the masters. And, as intimidating as it may seem, it's actually quite doable ...

When I go grocery shopping, I always look for pig feet. In the sea of unrecognizably standard-looking cuts of animal muscles at grocery stores — disk-shaped loins, round humps of pork butt — trotters ...