Despite what the supermarket aisle may lead you to believe, there’s more to an animal than neatly wrapped styrofoam trays of meat. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those ...

Chicharrón, pork rinds, gratons, cracklins—call them what you like, but fried hog fat with the skin on is a wonderful thing. I recently attended a Louisiana boucherie (what is essentially a communal ...

Fried pork skins are genuinely and authentically Louisiana, which country folk call cracklins and the Cajuns refer to as gratons. Then when the snacking outside is done, it’s time to head on into the ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH (PORT BARRE) — The second official day of the 39th Annual Port Barre Cracklin Festival brought clear skies, big crowds and plenty of the fried, savory bites that have become a ...

A great bar snack can carry the whole team. Even if the atmosphere kind of sucks and the beer list is weak, if there’s even one great snack on that little menu, other defects won’t be enough to keep ...

Where I was: Living on the north shore, getting to just about anywhere in the state of Louisiana means traveling east to west. And that often means the long, flat stretch of U.S. 190 between Port ...

Crispy, fried pork skin is more than just your favorite gas station snack. Pork rinds make for an elevated chips and dip experience, and if you crush up fried pork skins, you can turn them into a keto ...

My ladyfriend is mostly a vegetarian — but, I one day found, with a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy on meat stock. Excited by the news, I ran to the store for chicken bones, only to find a whole bird that ...

Bar and restaurant Tupelo Honey fuses old-school Southern flavors with modern style. On its menu: loaded potato skins (or “cracklins”), fried green tomatoes, honey-fried chicken and waffles for brunch ...

My first experience with cracklins came when I moved to Houma, Louisiana, after college. I’d make the hour drive to New Orleans on weekend nights, and along the way, there were two important stops: ...

It's cowboy cooking outside over the fire with pork chops, fried corn and cowboy beans. We're Cowboy Cooking outside over the fire! Pork Chops in a flavorful six-hour marinade, with Cracklin' Fried ...